HAMILTON, Ohio — The world’s most-talented pumpkin sculptures are working overtime. Since Monday, 14 artists have been carving designs into a total of 80 gourds in a garage in Hamilton. Each pumpkin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 30—Alana Mattingly has a passion for carving, so much so that every Halloween, her front yard is filled with hundreds of ...

In an annual rite of autumn, anyone can carve a pumpkin. But gourds? That requires patience and a passion that goes far beyond Halloween. Ask any serious “gourder.” This curious vine has wrapped ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Just think of all the pumpkin pie it could make. Thad Starr, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a record at the annual pumpkin weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., with his 1,524-pound ...

Horticulure teacher Travis Gienger reacts after winning Safeway 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin weigh-off. Photo / AP A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a new world record in California on ...

Before copper and ceramics, people relied on natural containers – such as gourds – to carry water and food. The old- est preserved examples of gourds come from Mexico and Peru. Choctow and Chickasaw ...

SUTTONS BAY — Nic Welty of 9 Bean Rows really outdid himself this year in the giant gourd competition that took place in Dundee, Michigan last weekend. He knew he had a prize-winning squash, but he ...

Alana Mattingly has a passion for carving, so much so that every Halloween, her front yard is filled with hundreds of intricately sliced faux pumpkins amassed over several decades. Mattingly, 78, used ...