The small, oblong gourds are even white or light brown. Once dried, their smooth, hard surface makes them a good choice for painting as Christmas ornaments or Easter eggs. 7.

Small gourds take about a month; large ones can take six months or longer. If you’ve grown the gourds and they are still attached to the vines in late August or early September, it is time to ...

Warty Goblin: This hybrid was developed by plant breeders in the late 2000s by transferring the genetic traits for wartiness from small gourds into big jack-o-lantern-style pumpkins. The warts ...

Question: I’d like to try my hand at growing the small gourds I normally purchase in the fall for decoration. Are they hard to grow? When should I plant the seeds and how much space will they need?

Small gourds may take about a month; large ones, six months to a year. If you grow your own gourds, make sure you let them mature completely on the vine before harvesting.

The Forget-Me-Not garden club held meetings in September and October when discussions of landscaping and Christmas were held. Eight members were present in September when landscaper Marsha Wilson ...

Sitting at the kitchen table this early morning, I see before me nature’s infinite variety in the form of a shallow blue-gray bowl filled with five small gourds.

Stepping into the small and creatively cluttered crafts shop at the farm of Pat and Cindy Hochmuth, it instantly becomes clear that no matter the season or holiday, it's all about gourds.

Hands on Gourds is the first commercial retail building at EcoVillage. The building came was the result of Graham Ottoson outgrowing her basement workshop. Visit the new building at Gourducopia at ...

This would become a harvest necklace — a simple small gourd on a soft strand of string. That day Sept. 10 the kids made small mockups of a banjo with Diane Fortner.

A Look Behind the Peruvian Art of Gourd Carving With magnificent hand carvings, artisans craft stories of celebration and tragedy into dried gourds—a tradition practiced for more than 4,000 years ...

Pumpkins and gourds offer endless possibilities for decorating your home, both indoors and out. Their natural beauty, combined with their variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, makes them perfect ...