"In Filipino culture, they're called patola." ...

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 ...

Grow your own bath sponge! Luffa gourds are the familiar bath sponge. Growing your own will keep you entertained all growing season and are great fun for a long time after they are harvested. Peel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six ...

Loofahs are great for exfoliating the skin, and though one of them is my regular shower companion, I had no idea what they are. I assumed the coarse tubes were either natural sponges from the sea, or ...

Luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca), or loofah, is an annual vine known for its ability to produce natural sponges. As a member of the cucumber family, it features fast-growing vines that can reach up to 30 feet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of lots of colourful gourds Gourds are one of the most interesting and easy vegetables to grow in your yard. They are one ...

What started as a quiet gardening experiment in a few suburban backyards quickly turned into something neighbors kept asking about at fence lines. People noticed strange, long green gourds hanging ...

Every year, the Art in the Park show in Julia Davis Park has some vendors selling large gourds, beautifully decorated as if they were clay pots. Some of us try to grow our own gourds, but find the ...