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 ...

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 ...

"Many gourd farmers market the best gourds in their crop, but I keep my biggest and thickest-shelled gourds for seeds. Also, I plant most of my varieties together in one field because I feel the cross ...