Exchange Gourds From Around The World

How do gourd exchanges work? In our email groups we have a lot of gourd artists and crafts people who enter and exchange gourds.  A gourd exchange is established, it may be based on a theme or on a type of craft like a gourd purse or a gourd box, maybe it will be spring and ential bird feeders and such.  Whatever the exchange is decided to be on, then people submit their names to be on the gourd exchange.  Usually a time limit is established or a date set.  A gourd exchange may have 10 people or it may have 30 people, whoever wishes to participate is welcome to.

Once the gourd exchange is full and the date reached, someone who was previously chosen or who volunteered to run the exchange will draw names from a hat.  Each person is given a name of someone and that is the person their exchange gourd will go to.  There is a deadline date set and all exchange gourds must be shipped by that date.  Gourd exchanges are really a lot of fun, and you never know who’s artwork you are going to receive, and there are artists of all talent levels out there.

We have participated in several gourd exchanges, and as you can see it gives us an opportunity to own a piece of other gourd artists work. They are a lot of fun, they inspire you to do your best, and when it is over everyone is a little richer in having a piece of someone else through that persons artistry in your home.

Exchange Gourd’s We’ve Received

It’s been many years since we’ve gotten to do an exchange. They are so much fun.

In 2007 our gourd growing ended when we were toxified by toxic mold on our farm in Indiana. We had to leave Indiana and we ended up in Colorado in the Rocky Mountains of Teller County. If you know anything about the Rockies, you know that at 9000 feet above sea level, not much grows without a greenhouse. We never seen one gourd, though we did try, the 2 month warm season did not cut it. So since 2007, We were unable to grow any gourds, until last year…

Last year, 2023 we ended up moving to Missouri. Anyone who lives here knows, you can grow pretty much any gourd you want. lol Thanks to the help of our dear friend Cynthia Gowin, the Japaneese Hyukanari was kept alive. Last year we planted one vine and got two good gourds with viable seeds in them. So this year

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