[Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

[Ramona Walhof]

The ones  I got range in size from an inch in diameter to five or six.  But
they were selling huge gords.  I saw one as high as a table and at least two
feet in diameter.  Of course, they grow in many different shapes, some with
long tails and some are called warty, and they are quite rough in different
patterns.  

I made a pile of them on an end table in the living room and haven't had a
chance to find out which ones are which color, but I understand that they
are many shades of brown, tan, yellow, and orange. Those I grew are green.


I will also have to find out if it is possible to guide them into shapes
while they are still growing. I never heard of a gord festival before, but
this was quite an interesting display, and there is a gord association,
complete with tea-shirts, hats, etc.   
There was a fellow demonstrating how to drill with a small bit little holes
around the top so you could put yarn or thread through and attach hats or
other tops.  There were gord candy dishes and vases with decorated tops.
There was one completely covered with tiny beads of many colors.  The beads
were glued on.  
You can tell that we had fun. This was all new to me.  I don't have time to
be too hooked, but it caught my interest.  
Ramona 


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Approximately what are the size of the ones you purchased at the Festival?
If I remember right they are different colors and kinda not large.

We just sat them around for decorations and didn't cut them.

Joyce

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

Some of you may be interested in my gord project.  I was looking for
something a little decorative that would grow here, and I planted some
gords.  Even though we got them in late, they grew like mad.  They are
small, but they looked ready to pick, so I did.  Then I wondered how to dry
them.  

 

I heard about a gord festival at one of the hotels about ten minutes from
here, so I dragged a friend of mine there today.  He thought he was doing me
a favor, but I could hardly get him to leave.  He was fascinated.  

 

There were gords of all shapes and sizes cut and decorated in many different
ways.  Everybody was very friendly and informative.  I even found a lady who
will plant the seeds in January in her greenhouse so I could pick them up in
the spring when it is time to put them outdoors.  Then they told me you pick
them after they frost and dry them all winter.  Guess I rushed that.
You dry them outside and let them sit in the rain and snow.  Next spring or
summer you scrape off the mould and they will be ready to carve.  

 

So I will plant some more next year and know more about what I am doing.  

 

Now maybe I should have asked you all, and you could have told me everything
except, perhaps, whether this is a good climate for gords.  

I bought a bag of gords of all colors and sizes for ten bucks so I can
experiment with them this fall, along with my little ones, but I will just
do simple things for now.  

Ramona

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