[Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

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Sun Oct 25 16:48:38 UTC 2015 

How did you soak them in bleach while they are drying???

Does the bleach have any effect on the color of them?

Joyce

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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
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> 
> 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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> 
> 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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