Learn how to plant pumpkin seeds and grow your very own patch. Fact checked by Isaac Winter Caring for homegrown pumpkins when they're in the ground can be a time-intensive process, but as long as you ...

Members of this family are sometimes called "cucurbits" or "gourds," and cucumbers, melons, and watermelons are also included ...

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 ...

Halloween might be over, but for some of us there’s still another pumpkin-centric holiday right around the corner to give us an excuse to build projects out of various gourds. During a challenge ...

Pumpkins and gourds are packed with all kinds of helpful nutrients, as this recipe from London-based nutritionist Reema Patel proves. October may be pumpkin season, but there are still plenty of ...