Discover which country once used gourds as currency, which Japanese game is played with watermelons, and a wide variety of pumpkin facts.

They usually have a thicker skin—think pumpkins, spaghetti squash and butternut squash—that can be removed with a sharp vegetable peeler or a chef's knife. Gourds generally have a skin similar ...

pumpkin sitting in a temperature-controlled ... his 438.5-pound vegetable — a Lilliputian to today’s Gulliverian gourds — won first place. His son, Danny, 50, who now runs the family farm ...

We’ve already rounded up the best apple-picking spots in the area, and now we’re giving you a list of local farms to visit for gourds, squash, and of course, pumpkins. Take advantage of this ...

Mark Tremere, P.E.I.'s reigning champion giant pumpkin grower, is hosting a workshop at the York Community Centre, where he'll share his top tips and tricks for cultivating colossal gourds.

Boston University’s iconic Pumpkin Drop turns rotting pumpkins into tools for science. Hosted by the Physics Department, the event features pumpkins thrown from the Metcalf Science Center roof ...