Vegetables that belong to this group include summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd, cucuzza, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Priscila Zambotto / Getty Images Did you know your bathroom loofah might have grown from a plant? Unlike large plastic loofahs, ...

Biking through my barrio the other day, I spotted something new: Doña Lourdes had a new plant decorating her front fence. Closer inspection revealed that the bright yellow flowers grew from a healthy ...

Did you know your bathroom loofah might have grown from a plant? Unlike large plastic loofahs, natural luffas aren’t manmade at all—they’re actually made from dried gourds. That’s also how loofahs got ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve probably had or used a loofah sponge in your life, whether in the bath or for cleaning around the house. But did you know ...

Luffa stands in for cucumbers in this otherwise familiar bread-and-butter-style pickle. Munch them on their own, add a slice or two to a burger or mince them into a potato salad like you would any ...

If the notion of literally growing your own sponges delights you, then luffa (or as you know it, loofah) is for you. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and ...

Luffa stands in for cucumbers in this otherwise familiar bread-and-butter-style pickle. Munch them on their own, add a slice or two to a burger, or mince them into a potato salad like you would any ...

Summer squash is a peculiar vegetable. For one thing, it’s not any one vegetable, comprising many different cultivars of a few different species of edible plant. For another, it isn’t actually a ...

When you start asking around in the Asian market about what that tubular green vegetable is or what that package of unlabeled leaves is used for, answers can vary. "Oh, that's like a type of squash.

Editor’s note: Luffa plants will be sold at the VCMGA Spring Plant Sale on April 2. Last September at Rockport’s Hummingbird Celebration, my friend Janet pointed to a huge vine with long ...