Mahoning County Master Gardener John Schoeni shows how he secures a long gourd to a board when it's ready to harvest. Drying takes several months. (Submitted photo / John Schoeni) For the previous 20 ...

Can fences build friendships? On Portland Road, an army of bottleneck gourds hanging on a vine over a fence has woven a ...

Some of us in the higher elevations of the Catskills had frost this past week and the rest of you in the valley should be getting prepared for your turn! In general, the closer you are to the Hudson ...

Gourds are one of the most interesting and easy vegetables to grow in your yard. They are one of the oldest-known crops to be cultivated and have been used since prehistoric times as water containers, ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Here we are, the last of October, and the garden is winding down fast, at least around the Sutter farm. Seems like last week I was picking tomatoes, and this week, I am pulling the plants. It looks ...

Newfields launched its Harvest festival in 2019 with about 10,000 pumpkins. In the years since, it has become bigger, longer and a nighttime affair — all while adding more gourds. So many, in fact, ...

Some of us in the higher elevations of the Catskills had frost this past week and the rest of you in the valley should be getting prepared for your turn! In general, the closer you are to the Hudson ...

BLOOMING VALLEY — Blooming Valley’s Quinn Werner isn’t your garden variety retiree. Putting his green thumb to the test, Werner spent the past year growing gourds, marrow, tomatoes, squash and giant ...

Well we finally got some much needed rain this past week. We still need some steady rainfall over a few days or more to begin to replenish our depleted creeks and streams as well as groundwater. The ...