Re: Gourd

I'd be much obliged, Jesse, but lets wait until I have one that's dry, hard, and in hand. Dennis may blow them into Georgia.


On Jul 9, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:

Well...I have around 5-6 books on stuff to make out of gourds...from
bowls to birdhouses. I keep thinking one of these days I'll have time on
my hands (hysterical laughter going on now) and I'll be able to make all
kinds of cool things with them. If you want I can xerox some bowl ideas
and send it to you.


Jess

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
Ms Fatma already has plans for most of them. Classroom projects. I just
want one to turn into a bowl [and provide seeds for next year].

On Jul 4, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:

WOO HOO...Awesome Jim! What are you going to do with them when they
harden off? Build birdhouses or something more creative?

Jess

james singer wrote:
Following Jesse's advice, I let my one gourd vine climb. I don't have
any real good place to have a controlled climb, so I let it climb a
tree. Actually, a large shrub. This morning, I was setting some
concrete pavers under that tree to form a pad for a garden bench. For
no apparent reason I looked up in the tree, and there, 20 or so feet
off the ground are six or seven very large bottle gourds and a few
smaller ones.

When the vine dies and they harden off, I may have to rent a cherry
picker to get them down, but I am nevertheless quite happy that it did
what it was supposed to do.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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