If you live in a place with a reasonably long growing season, you may want to consider growing gourds for a homeschooling project. We started growing gourds in 1999 and now they're practically the only things in our garden! On the following pages you see the growth cycle of some of our gourds.
To the right are some gourds from the 2002 crop. See if you can do a little research to find out what kind they are.
Below is an extra long-handled gourd. In early July (of the year it was grown) it was only a couple of inches long. At the end of the growing season it could have measured longer than 6 feet with a good growing season! To the right of this gourd are a selection of various gourd seeds. Can you guess which one belongs to the extra long-handled variety? Go to the next page to find out...
The Gourdeous World of Gourden Gourds
The next page...: Go here to follow the growth of our gourds.Babies One: A page of baby gourds
More Babies: Another page of babies
Rattles: A small collection of rattles
Dried Gourds: Last year's harvest
Two Bowls: A couple of bowls
Treasure Boxes: One by Kitty and one by Blythe
Melynda's amazing site!: For an outstanding array of photos, ideas and project ideas and instructions visit this terrific site!
Deborah's incredible arting!: To see the beautiful reflection of Deborah Easley's art, visit this site!
Ginger Summit's homepage: Go here to read more about this wonderful woman and follow her gallery links to view some superb gourd arting!