Looking for a low-maintenance plant he could leave for long stretches while traveling for his job as a field-project manager for Lowe’s, he picked up birdhouse gourd seeds on a whim, then experimented ...

Willows Green Permaculture How to Make a Birdhouse Out of a Gourd Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025 guide will walk you through the entire process—from cleaning and prepping the ...

These days, less utilitarian uses for gourds include birdhouses, crafts and fall décor to pair with pumpkins and mums on your front porch in fall. Gourd is the common name for a group of vining ...

A separate genus and species, Lagenaria siceraria, produces calabash gourds used as birdhouses, dippers, and storage vessels, and a third, Luffa aegyptiaca, produces the familiar luffa sponges.

Among the other varieties of gourds hanging in the tunnel are birdhouse gourds, gizmo gourds, apple gourds and warty gourds. Her favorite is the luffa sponge gourd “which took me three years to ...

Welcome the company of these lovely birds into your yard by hanging a few gourd birdhouses as the Indians did! Making a gourd birdhouse takes a little patience, but can be well worth the time and ...

yet there is more to a gourd than a birdhouse. Just ask the gourd artists who exhibit at the Florida Gourd Society’s Gourd Arts Festival, Feb. 23 to 25 at the Azan Shrine Center, 1591 W.

Q. What is the difference between squash, pumpkins, and gourds? Are some gourds edible? Squash (both winter and summer types), pumpkins, and gourds are members of the cucurbit family (as are ...