Cleaning Gourds The Rotting Method Revised The following method of cleaning a gourd is the rotting method from The Gourd Report #1, updated through more experimentation by one of our fellow gourding friends: Hi Dan, Read your articles on drying/curing gourds and greatly appreciate all the info. I just tried…
Gourd Report Vol 2 Growing Productive Vines Insecticides – Cucumber Beetle Control Insecticides: Cucumber beetles are our enemy #1 insect, however, are they that devastating? They can be. Learn a little about the Cucumber beetle control. Organic Insect Control how to control your cucumber beetle population and damage by using…
The Gourd Report This is a book we printed and sold at gourd shows. now for your convenience, it is free here at The Gourd Reserve. The Gourd Report is based on expirimental methods of cleaning gourds to make this seasons gourds ready to craft in time for Christmas. Reader…
Tim Moyers Gourd Chart One of the original and still held as standard Gourd Identification Charts. The original chart was done with Rapidograph. This Gourd Chart as well as the new Gourd Reserve Gourd ID chart may be used with permission of The Gourd Reserve. ©Timothy Moyers 1992 All Rights…
Gourd Identification Charts This chart presented for educational purposes This Gourd ID chart was a labor of love. If began by spending days of searching the internet for different lagenaria types, those already known by us and others that we know to be common varieties but needed an accurate representation…
Growing Gourds What You Need to Know Some tips on growing gourds, from germinating the seeds to fertilizing the crop to tips on getting more fruit per vine to harvest time. From beginning to end we want you to have a successful crop. Garden Tillers it is important to a…
GOURD SAFETY BASICS OF HEALTHY GOURDING Written and compiled by: Joy Jackson and Jerry Lewis When working with gourds, the following common sense measures and easy-to-find products will help keep you healthy and happily crafting. Gloves: Avoid direct skin contact with moldy gourds which have not yet been cleaned. Some…
Gourd History Native Americans and their use of gourds Contributed by Scott Nelson Here’s an interesting list of what different Tribes used gourd for…. Almost as simple as walking into the local drug/music/hardware store. Bottle Gourd; Cherokee Drug (Dermatological Aid) Poultice of soaked seeds used for boils. Indians of Louisiana…
Purple Martin Gourds Birdhouse Gourds Contributed Courtesy of Scott Nelson A Brief History of the Purple Martin Twelve thousand years ago, before the first human beings arrived in the New World over the Bering Land Bridge, Purple Martins were a dramatically different bird than they are today. Back then, martins…
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