Re: gourds

Mardi - long time no hear from - how are ya??

On 9/26/07, mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com <mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com>
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> Hey Jesse, check out this site for gourd ideas.  Pretty cool.
> http://www.gourdgeousfarm.com/kits/GourdgeousFarmBowlStarterKit.JPG
> Mardi
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> Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net>
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> WOW...very cool.  All I can tell you about cleaning up the gourds is to
> take a Clorox and water mix (I use a gardening trug with about 3-4 cups of
> Clorox in it - wear rubber gloves) and take a Brillo or steel wool pad and
> scrub the snot out of them until the dried up mold comes off of them.  If
> you still have some bad spots, then take a very fine sandpaper (or emory
> board) and sand them down.  It looks like she used several coats of a very
> glossy clear finish, but I don't know what it is.  If you find out let me
> know.  I have three fairly good sized Corsican gourds that are still on
> the vine this year...about the size of a basketball.  Can't wait to do
> something with them.
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> Jess
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> Patricia <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I have dug out all the gourds that I have kept all these years and never
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> really done anything with. I hope to figure out how to make them look
> close
> to theirs.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zemuly Sanders"
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:35 AM
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> > Thanks, Patricia. Those gourds are beautiful.
> > zem
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> > From: "Patricia"
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> > Subject: [CHAT] gourds
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> >> www.franniesgourds.com
> >> I wanted to share this site with all of you. I saw these at the farmers
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> >> market in California while I was out there visiting my sister. The man
> >> selling them said his mom makes them.
> >> They are too beautiful. I thought I remembered someone growing a lot of
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> >> gourds on this group. My sister bought several and put them down the
> >> middle of her formal dining table. They look like glass. Beautiful.
> >> Tricia
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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