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GOURD xx VEGETABLE A look at growing gourds common in early America. Includes information on harvesting, drying and preparing gourds for use as containers and utensils. Sketches show how to make a bottle, a dish, a funnel, a wastebasket, a dipper and a birdhouse or feeder from gourds. Southwest motifs are painted on dried gourds and papier-mache replicas. Make dried gourd baskets with laced-up rims. Gourds made gorgeous. How to plant, harvest and dry gourds and turn them into a bird feeder or planter. Technique for cleaning, drying, woodburning, painting and hollowing-out to form a decorative gourd. Introduction to the various styles of gourds and tips on cleaning, drying, decorating, and using them for various purposes. Raising gourds for use as birdhouses. How to cure gourds. How to make birdhouses from gourds. Includes details on harvesting and drying the gourds. How to grow loofa (luffa) sponge gourds. How to raise lagenaria gourds. Covers curing them and cutting them to make vases, a birdhouse and a bowl. How to make vases and decorative objects from gourds. Napkin rings made from the neck section of a dipper gourd. An assortment of decorative ways to use gourds. (1) Pomanders, (2) carved planter, (3) woodburned tree ornaments, (4) a rattle, (5) a drum, and (6) a necklace. Getting started in gourd craft. Covers tools and equipment used. How to grow, cure and clean gourds. Tips for cutting, sawing, carving, coloring and finishing. Tips on how to prepare gourds for painting. How to prepare gourds for painting on them. Tips on drying gourds and using them for pots, birdhouses, ladles, etc. Experimental archaeological gardening. A description of growing traditional Indian varieties of squash, corn and gourds in the high plains of southwestern Colorado in a manner similar to that used by the Anasazi a thousand years ago. Growing and crafting gourds. Advice on harvesting and curing. Tips on getting started in gourd craft. A look at favorite gourds of India that can be grown in the Boston area. Includes trumpet gourd, bitter gourd, Luffa sponge gourd and serpent gourd. How to harvest and prepare luffa gourd sponges. Bottle gourds make easy birdhouses. How to grow and preserve gourds, with directions for making a wren house, flower vase, trinket box and dipper. How to raise loofa gourds. Includes instructions for harvesting and processing them into "sponges." How to grow a loofa sponge, the dried spongelike inside of a Luffa aegyptiaca gourd. Goofy, ghoulish gourds. Dried bottle gourds are painted to create three characters. (1) Bitty bird. (2) Granny goose. (3) Wacky witch. Tips on growing and curing birdhouse gourds (Lagenaria siceraria). Make a pair of painted gourd maracas. How to make gourds into vases. Covers harvesting, curing, preparing, and decorating the gourds. Growing bottle gourds for eating as well as their ornamental value. The amazing luffa. How to grow luffa gourds and dry them for use as a sponge. How to raise a luffa gourd. Includes instructions for harvesting and preparing them as sponges. Hordes of gourds. How to grow hard-shelled varieties for a multitude of uses. Advice on when and how to harvest Luffa cylindrica to make sponges. How to dry and decorate gourds and make them into bowls and utensils. How to grow gourds for profit. Includes tips on drying and decorating gourds. Bird feeders and baths to make from gourds. How to raise and use luffa gourds. A look at some unusual vegetables you can grow. Includes amaranth, tampala, cardoon, celeriac, celtuce, chervil, collards, corn salad, daikon, fennel, elephant garlic, gobo, ground cherry, Japanese eggplant, lentils, luffa, mustard, rocket, safflower, salsify, skirret, sorrel, upland cress and witloof chicory. How to raise ornamental gourds. Tip: How to cure a luffa gourd for use as a sponge. Tip: How to dry luffa gourds. How to dry and clean the luffa gourd to produce a natural vegetable sponge. Preserving gourds the easy way. Control the shape of your home-grown gourds by wrapping with tape. Tip: How to dry and make a sponge from the fibrous interior of a luffa gourd. Easy technique for curing luffa gourds. Simple method for using gourds as birdhouses without removing the seeds. How to grow ornamental, hard-shelled and luffa or sponge gourds. Includes steps for turning a luffa into a usable sponge. Great gourds. Growing guidelines for hardshell gourds (Lagenaria siceraria). How to harvest, cure, clean and make them into craft items. Plans for birdhouses made from gourds included. How to create personalized pumpkins or gourds by etching a design on the surface. How to grow luffa, the gourd who's fruit can be used as a bath sponge. How to train melons, squash, and gourds to grow on trellises. Handmade rhythm instruments from Africa, South America, and Central America are made from coconuts and gourds. Glow gourds. Dried gourds are drilled with holes and lighted with low-profile mini-flashlights wrapped in tissue paper to make lanterns. Great gourds. How to grow and dry hard-shell gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) for craft purposes. Gourd artistry. A technique for painting gourds with versions of petroglyph and Native American designs. Tips on decorating hardshelled gourds by painting them as characters or animals, with decoupage, inks or woodburning. Includes tips on growing and drying lagenaria gourds. | |||||||||
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