Sep. 28—Weighing in at 215 pounds, a bushel gourd grown by Keys High School student Tucker Friend recently beat the state record at the Oklahoma Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-off event. With a passion ...

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 ...

A Sharon man said he broke a Guinness World Record after his 30-year-long passion project of growing giant pumpkins paid off with a 470.5-pound bushel gourd. Steve Connolly started growing giants ...

RECORD-SETTING GOURD. >> 90 DAYS, YOU’RE GROWING A PLANT. THE NEXT 90 DAYS UP UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, YOUR GROWING THE FRUIT. JOSH: WE COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE THE LARGEST GOURD IN THE WORLD. WE ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A Massachusetts man said a prize item from his garden could be headed for the Guinness Book of World Records after he grew a 470.5-pound bushel gourd. Steve Connolly, who has been ...

Mention gourds and you may get a chuckle from your friends. Perhaps all they can think of are small warty versions marketed each fall for seasonal decorations. Or maybe they remember time spent ...

SHARON – Steve Connolly, Sharon’s renowned large pumpkin grower took first place honors for growing a different type of vegetable last weekend. Connolly’s 245-lb bushel gourd was declared the winner ...

As you stroll through your neighborhood, aren t you amazed by your neighbor s Halloween decorations? Traditional ghosts and goblins, it seems, have all gone high tech. Simple ghosts suspended from ...

Each year when fall comes around, flocks of people seek out a nearby farm to pick apples, pumpkins and the like. With Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's that time of year when ...