Jennie and Tim Moss’s hobby tumbles out of their greenhouse and lands on shelves and tables in the house. The Greenville area couple grows and decorates gourds. The two will be among the many ...

With the recent interest in creating miniature gardens, often called fairy gardens, Deb McDonnell of East Moline found a new focus her gourd art — crafting tiny fairy garden houses. McDonnell was ...

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 ...

(WBIR-Seymour) It's a type of plant known for its hollow, hard, dried shell. Gourds can be crafted into bottles and toys and musical instruments. An East Tennessee woman sees potential in individual ...

Before copper and ceramics, people relied on natural containers – such as gourds – to carry water and food. The old- est preserved examples of gourds come from Mexico and Peru. Choctow and Chickasaw ...

Several gourd growers from the region will be displaying and selling a variety of gourds--all dried and ready for crafting. Crafters use gourds to create masks, decorative vessels, statues, seasonal ...

BOONSBORO — It took a wall to fall on Marie Spangler of Boonsboro to force her to find her true happiness. More than five years ago, while building a house, Spangler was involved in an accident. “It ...

Across many rural areas in Africa, including parts of West Africa, communities use bottle gourds as water storage solutions ...