Discover the history and artistry of birdhouse gourds, handcrafted and painted in patriotic colors, available at the Stars & ...

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 ...

When do I harvest my birdhouse gourds and how do I do it? Harvest them when they are full-size, the skin is hardened, and the stem attached to the fruit turns brown. These thick-skinned gourds can ...

Grocery stores pile mountains of pumpkins in the fall, but warty, twisted and striped gourds can also turn a front porch ...

Gourds grow just like vegetables, but few are eaten. Instead, when the fruits mature, they are used to make household utensils, decorations or even birdhouses. It’s important to grow the right type of ...

If you are looking for ways to get more avian friends into your back yard, try an old-fashioned favorite: the gourd birdhouse. Gourds are easy and fun to grow at home, and you’ll usually find the ...

Q–Can you tell me the correct way to dry gourds? –West Newton, Pa. A–Gourds are plentiful in the autumn–you’ll find them at farm stands, garden centers and grocery stores. Soft-shelled gourds, such as ...

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 ...

A walk in any of the wooded greenways meandering through our urban areas in the county will easily make one aware of the vigorous success of the many vines growing there. They are so hardy that they ...

Many vegetable gardeners look for new crops or new varieties of crops they have experience growing to add to their garden. And this is the time of year when gardeners start to think about how they ...

My friend Avi picked up a package of gourd seeds at the local garden shop this past spring. She just wanted something growing on the trellis in her back yard. She was feeling like Jack and the ...