[Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

[Carol Osmar]

When I was in Michigan they used to make bird houses out of gourds. I know you had to soak them in bleach while they were drying.

Carol oh

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> On Oct 25, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:28 PM
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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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 8:28 PM
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> Cc: Ramona Walhof <walhoframona at gmail.com>
> 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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