Learn how to turn a gourd into a birdhouse. If you’d like to grow gourds in your garden, you’ll have plenty of varieties from which to choose. The plant family “Cucurbitaceae,” a.k.a. the ...

The part of the garden that draws most interest at this time of year is the temporary arbour, now abundantly laden with ornamental gourds. Every year in February, we bring back small ash saplings from ...