Carving is key to adding intricate patterns to your lampshade gourd. Use sharp tools to carve out designs carefully without damaging the gourd's structure. Traditional African patterns often include ...

What’s the difference between a gourd and a squash? A gourd is inedible; a squash is tasty. A gourd dries out in the sun; a squash rots. And the Marion County Gourd Artists wouldn’t spend hours ...

First you have to get a gourd. Gourds can be purchased just about anywhere, but here in East Texas we have a gourd farm in West Mountain, near Gilmer. It is called the West Mountain Gourd Farm. There ...

If I plant gourds again (talk me out of it, won't you?), maybe I'll want to try something different from the dippers I've already grown. (They are definitely worth growing in a smallish garden — once.

Gourd artist Katherine Motley considers art an important part of her life. “It is very nice to have something that you love to do and look forward to other than the grind of day-to-day living,” she ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Betty Tocci will present a two-day workshop on painting gourds Thursday, Nov 3 and 10, at the Cape May Court House Library. The program will run from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at 30 ...

Gourds are Patty Mueller's canvas. They're also components of sculpture that enhance the art forms she makes for her family and friends and neighbors at Saxony Village, where she lives. She describes ...

HUNTINGTON — Local plant nursery Floyd’s on 60 is fully in the fall spirit, offering a variety of activities for community members looking to stock up on pumpkins or have some Halloween fun. Floyd’s ...

Are you a pumpkin Picasso? A gourd Gaugin? If you love creating your carved or painted jack-o’-lantern every Halloween, a contest now underway, sponsored by the Pennsylvania agriculture department, ...

The air is crisp, the leaves are crinkling and as Halloween approaches, fall nudges you toward a pumpkin patch. Pumpkins are a symbol of fall. Transforming the orange fruit into a light-up ...