[Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

Hettie hettie.woehler at gmail.com
Mon Oct 26 08:54:28 UTC 2015 

Hi Ramona
You tickle my curiosity with this gord plant. I think it must be something
like the wild maracas some people eat, especially farmers as it grows on the
farms. I don't like the taste at all.
I've seen large pumpkins but never the size you are talking regarding the
gord. Have some asking to do at our local nurseries. 

Hettie


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I have the impression that most people dry the gords before they cut them,
but that is another question I will have to ask.  I was told that if you dry
the gords outside, they get covered with mould which you scrape off in the
spring, but bleech might be a simpler way and avoid the scrape off. I am
sure the lady I talked with wants to avoid all the chemicals.  
Ramona 

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Now that is interesting.  I thought if you cut into it and then let it dry
it might haysen the deteriationof it.



Joyce

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Joyce, I never actually did it myself, but I had a friend who did it on a
large scale and I believe she told me they brushed the interior frequently
with a bleach solution while they were drying in order to prevent the growth
of mold.  It did not effect the outer color.

Carol O.

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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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