Vampire Gourd

He grows the biggest gourds in the county. Pity what he feeds them.Terry Calliope has a gift for growing vegetables, and this year's gourd proves it.He's out at the patch before dawn, working the soil, talking to the vines as if they understand him—feeding them whatever they require. Whatever it might turn out to be. Xavier, his gourd, grows enormous; the blue ribbon is almost within his grasp. Te...