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Submitted by dtanderson on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 20:15

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These are not dried out yet :) I planted the seeds from some gourds that I got from a family member. Apple Gourds

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I love gourds. Never grown

Submitted by disgett on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:19.

I love gourds. Never grown those but they are way cool. Dale

Dale, Photo Team Leader & Good Will Ambassador

Apple Gourds

Submitted by treeman on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 05:18.

We grew a crop of apple gourds a couple of years ago... still have a few hanging around. A lot of people paint them up to look like apples of course... complete with worms. Others of us enjoy the marblelized texture of the dried skin and leave them plain. Don't know if if they really get big enough for birfd houses... never considered it to be truthful.... maybe some of the bigger uns.

Anyway might be time to try them again next year. The kids at church sure had fun painting them up.

They should be big enough for

Submitted by dtanderson on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 17:20.

They should be big enough for wrens and other small birds to build nests in.

Bird Houses or....

Submitted by skbeal on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 17:51.

They'd be cool as bird houses or as bird feeders -- if you could figure out how to turn them into a feeder........but I was also thinking that they'd make a very cool and unusual component in a center piece on a Thanksgiving table.

Susan,The Assistant Administrator, the Texas Yankee and the Texas Rangerette.