The standard definition is: Any of several trailing or climbing plants related to the pumpkin, squash and cucumber, bearing fruits with a hard rind. But gourds are also earrings, musical instruments, ...

If you are looking for ways to get more avian friends into your back yard, try an old-fashioned favorite: the gourd birdhouse. Gourds are easy and fun to grow at home, and you’ll usually find the ...

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.

Gardeners are always helping our feathered friends, often without thinking about it. Our trees and shrubs, even brush piles, provide shelter. Our native plants host the insects that feed them. We ...

Anyone who has discovered that one of their hanging baskets on the porch is doubling as a nursery for a Carolina Wren family knows to leave well enough alone until the birdies hatch and fly away.