birdhouse gourds

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If anyone has birdhouse gourds that they will be drying, I would be interested in purchasing their extras. I would prefer to wait until they dry because of the shipping costs if shipped green. My growing season is just too short for them to mature here, I can grow them about the size of an egg before cold weather gets them. Thanks

-- Marci (ajourend@libby.org), August 27, 2000

Answers

My gourds would not mature this year for reasons I don't know. I am trying them in my fall garden. If they do well I'll let you know. Do you decorate them, this is new to me, it was my first try. Aagje

-- Aagje Franken (Backyard@AOL.com), August 27, 2000.

Where are you located? We are in central Wisconsin and this is our second year growing the gourds. I think they're turning out pretty good, not really large, but healthy so far. E-mail me in the spring and I'll let you know if I have any extra then, depends on how many I want to finish into birdhouses myself. Last year they took 6 months to dry and I made them into birdhouses for Mother's day gifts, they were great.

-- Rose Marie Wild (wintersongfarm@yahoo.com), August 29, 2000.

I have birdhouse gourds; this is an old email so I don't know if you are still looking for them. We have grown gourds/pumpkins for 12 years now so we have many. We are in Wisconsin also. Gourds are wonderful to work with! Best wishes

-- debbie Kramper (kramper@itis.com), May 12, 2001.

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