This story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated with photos from fall 2021. A few years ago, Karen Hartman decided to try something new and grow her own gourds. She planted her seeds ...

Birdhouse gourds originated in North America hundreds of years ago. Native American Indians such as the Chickasaw tribe are believed to be the first people to use gourds as birdhouses. The Chickasaw ...

Let kids invite the birds to nest in the garden with a hollow-gourd birdhouse. Birdhouse gourds are often available at farmers markets and craft stores, already dried, or you can grow your own. To ...

Gourds often require 110-120 days to mature. Start the seeds inside about two weeks before the last frost. Keep the gourds on the vine as long as possible. Jennifer Behm often covers them to protect ...

If I plant gourds again (talk me out of it, won't you?), maybe I'll want to try something different from the dippers I've already grown. (They are definitely worth growing in a smallish garden — once.

When a friend gave Carol Ann Short a gourd, she didn't realize it would add a new dimension to her volunteer work as a Montgomery County Master Gardener. Short has been raising gourds for four years ...

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Imagine you open up a CSA box—a kit of produce from community supported agriculture—only to find an apple covered in ashen warts. You’d probably be inclined to kill it with fire, or at least condemn ...

These are bottle gourds, but I call them people gourds – the craftsmen paint people or rabbits on them. Apple gourds look like apples. Pumpkin gourds – people paint them orange to look like a pumpkin ...

Gourds are plentiful in the autumn -- you'll find them at farm stands, garden centers and grocery stores. Don’t toss your gourds at the end of the season, dry them instead. Dried gourds weigh a few ...