“How much?” she asked the vendor. “Ten dollars,” the man said as he passed a box of fruit through the car window. But behind the sweet fruit there is a bitterness, a story of indentured ...

The Grumpy Gardener answers a reader’s question on why their mango tree is producing bitter fruit. Plus, Grumpy’s gripe of ...

Bitter melon (Momordica charantia), also known as bitter gourd, comes from a vine native to India and other Asian countries. It's a member of the squash family and produces an oblong, green fruit ...