Re: OMG - it's weather!

Jim, I've got 3 or 4 dried luffa gourds (last year's crop).  I can send you
one or two if you would like.

On 8/30/07, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
>
> The name didn't sound familiar but that's sure what it looks like. They
> were quite fun to grow. I should do that again someday.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:51 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] OMG - it's weather!
>
> Sounds like a corsican gourd to me.  Google it and see if it looks like
> yours.  They are GREAT to make things with.
>
>
> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> I like gourds, although I've only grown them once; can't remember what
> they are called but they are a slightly flattened round gourd. Got a
> great crop of them. I thought I would decorate them as bowls and things.
> Of course I didn't do that so years later I still have some sitting
> around the patio in their natural state (it's dry here, you know, so
> it's not like anything is going to decay). Every now and again I come up
> with a less complicated idea, my latest was to spray paint them in
> bright colors and hang them from the trees like mobiles. Haven't done
> that either. But I do have the spray paint...
> Anyone ever grown the decorative ones you find in the stores in late
> fall? Some of those are gourd-geous.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:35 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OMG - it's weather!
>
> Did you grow gourds this year Jim? My dog planted some for me. I bought
> the seeds and was going to plant some, then walked outside one day and
> realized that Kyla had torn open all of my seed packets and they were
> scattered and/or eaten by her. Great. With the wet, wet spring I just
> never bothered to plant them. Kyle did. She scattered them over to a
> corner in the side yard and now I have four round gourds the size of a
> basketball growing on my fence. I turned them this morning to keep an
> indention from growing on one side where they hang on the fence.
> They are getting HEAVY. They are cool. I've never grown this kind
> before.
>
>
> james singer wrote:
> I know the feeling. I went to the Fresno County fair one year and the
> winner in the gourd division [or whatever] was a bushel gourd that could
> have easily been called a 3-bushel gourd. It was as big as a nail keg. I
> was consumed with envy. I scribbled down the exhibitor's name and city
> and tried to find him/her, but never did. If I had, I probably would
> have been arrested for gourd stalking.
>
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
> > Look, up in the sky - too big for a bird, can't be a plane - no, they
> > are clouds! Clouds by golly and what is that bright light? Lightning!
> > And thunder! And - wait for it - RAIN! Okay so maybe it's only a tenth
>
> > of an inch but there was definitely water falling from the sky, I can
> > see puddles. Didn't rain on me of course, I think when you want it bad
>
> > enough it goes somewhere else. But we must have followed it all the
> > way into work.
> > It is still pretty warm though and yesterday was just seriously hot. I
>
> > got into the car after my lunchtime yoga class and I was really
> > thirsty, decided to have a drink from the bottle of water I'd left in
> > the car. I knew it would be pretty warm water but I actually scalded
> > myself a little. Wow. We took the horses to our team penning lesson at
>
> > 7:00 and we were all out there sweating like horses, and not much
> > better at 11:00 when we got home. I don't know how you folks in humid
> > climates can do anything.
> > I am looking forward to 5 days at home starting tomorrow, although it
> > is supposed to be hot like this so I don't know how much gardening
> > I'll get done, but if I can't stand to be out there is still plenty to
>
> > do inside.
> > My new range will show up Tuesday. Husband has the entire next week
> > off work and I'm steadily increasing the length of his honey-do list,
> > although it's more of a suggestion list in truth.
> > Our local paper had an article about the woman who has won the most
> > points in the fair's garden competition for the last five years. She
> > entered something like 82 categories!! I was consumed with jealousy.
> > Of course if I were retired like her I could probably do that too
> > (leaving aside the fact we now have other things to eat up our free
> > time when we're retired) but, but, I can't help it, I'm jealous.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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