Perry Riley Jr. has sold gourds for the past 20 years, and he has attended Fort Massac Encampments for 16 of those years.

While his produce for eating takes no pesticides, they must be used on pumpkins to yield pretty gourds for carving. Ekers said he handwashes the pumpkins using bleach water to ensure cleanliness ...

Travis Gienger, who nicknamed his prize-winning pumpkin “Rudy,” has been growing gourds for nearly 30 years Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Travis Gienger nicknamed his pumpkin "Rudy" for ...

Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, will mark their presence in the Chicago area this week, albeit at separate events. Trump is set to engage with the Economic Club of ...

Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil., Aquifoliaceae), a dioecious, subtropical, perennial tree found in South America, was hypothesized to exhibit secondary sexual dimorphism in relation to ...

Jack Ponti started his music career playing guitar in a band called the “Rest” in the 1970s, with a then-unknown Jon Bon Jovi as lead singer. Freelance writer Jack Ponti—Jon Bon Jovi’s ...

THIS YEAR. GETTING THESE GARGANTUAN GOURDS FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH TO THE TOPSFIELD FAIR IS QUITE THE CHALLENGE. THIS IS A SORT OF A HOMEMADE METAL TRIPOD WITH A CHAIN HOIST, SO WE HAVE A SPECIALLY ...