I got an email a few years ago in early December as well as a question from a friend at the pool about saving gourd seeds. “Is it OK to eat squash that has mixed traits of different squash in the same ...

MALAPPURAM: Kodur, a small region in Malappuram, was once recognised as ‘Kumbalam Kodur.’ It got the moniker as large quantities of giant ash gourds -- kumbalam in Malayalam -- used to be cultivated ...

Did you know that you can grow your own all-natural, luxurious bath sponges, right in your backyard garden? You don't need to spend a lot of money to buy them from a high-end boutique. If you wonder ...

BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year -- gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...

The gourd family is very popular during the summer season. From bottle gourds and bitter gourds, to cucumbers and Armenian cucumbers, gourds are often regarded as a bumper crop at this time of the ...

The unique, characteristic feature of bitter gourd or bitter melon, locally known as karela, is its bitterness. Botanically known as Momordica charantia and belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, ...

I love squashes and gourds because their attractive skin colours and unusual shapes look as amazing growing in the vegetable plot as they do in flower borders, particularly since some of the trailing ...