Grow Loofa in the Garden

Vegetables, fruits and colourful blooms are what you might expect from an organic garden; dishcloths, scrub brushes and natural skin exfoliates are not. But a new trend in gardening is growing organic loofas. more...

Great Gourds

Food and wine vessels, musical instruments, hats: the ubiquitous, humble Lagenaria, cousin of cucumber, is surely an unsung cucurbit. more...

Storing Pumpkins

Follow these timely tips for storing an early-ripening pumpkins for the Halloween celebration. more...

The Great Pumpkin

Few things evoke the sense of a season as strongly as that first sight of a ripe orange pumpkin in October. more...