Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six inches across. In India, young fruit is added to curries. The skin is ...

It’s finally autumn time and the thought of cooler weather and the changing season seems to be on everyone’s mind. Unpredictable weather and the brilliantly colored hillsides beckon us to decorate for ...

Ginger Jackson is optimistic that a thriving plant in her back yard will produce a few usable gourds, but she's not counting on it as a prolific source for her artwork. Jackson and her husband, Dave, ...

Harvest baskets were originally designed for collecting your home-grown produce, but they also make excellent bases for ...

As autumn approaches, one may think of mums, asters, cornstalks, and pumpkins. Many other ornamental plants can be ...

The winter tree that the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi decorate in the lobby of their home shows more than their love of Christmas. It also shows their camaraderie, the skills of employees who work ...

It has been years since my last visit to the Ohio Gourd Society show in Mt. Gilead. It always became a serendipitous trip seeing friends from other cities, some from Bucyrus, art in many categories, ...

Try this sustainable alternative to store-bought sponges. Did you know your bathroom loofah might have grown from a plant?

Pumpkins are easy to love. Whether carved into scary faces, baked into spicy holiday pies or adding brilliant shades of orange to fall decor, they’re probably autumn’s favorite fruit. But, there is ...

We have arrived. It is the first weekend of October. This means that the Ohio Gourd Society is kicking up its heels and hosting a gourd show and festival. And we are fairly near since the three-day ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- She's known as The Gourd Lady and, no, she doesn't don a costume made of dried fruit -- although she did wear a costume when she gave living history seminars at Missouri Town.

Did you know your bathroom loofah might have grown from a plant? Unlike large plastic loofahs, natural luffas aren’t manmade at all—they’re actually made from dried gourds. That’s also how loofahs got ...