How To Make A Gourd Birdhouse

This will result in stronger fruit.Remove luffa fruit from the vine before the first frost. You've likely heard of a luffa sponge and may even have one in your shower, but did you know you can also try your hand at growing luffa plants?

Lagenaria gourds become bottles, baskets and more. Small squash and gourds, cut in half make excellent molds for candles, or gelatine. They are painted and made into shakers, bowls, containers and ornaments.

The pulp will adhere to the interior walls but it will pull away easily. For the gourd work I do, I need an opening so I can use the gourds as decorative containers. I have used a Japanese pull saw, and also a rotary cutter in a hand-held dremel-like...

Make sure the structure is sturdy due to the weight of the large gourds.Obtain seeds online. Seeds of the snake gourd were sent to Europe from China in 1720. They have long been known to the American and European community, but were never cultivated since...

It is sold frozen in Indian markets however, or you can try to grow your own. It is most commonly eaten accompanied by rice. At this time the fruit will be finishing ripening and hardening off.When it's time to harvest the fruit, cut the gourd from the...

While researching this article, I discovered that freezing weather will not hurt mature gourds. Most books provide pictures of various gourds that you can grow for crafting and some will include patterns for you to useas well (Baskett's book has detailed...

This stone-covered bird house is a great winter project for gardeners and craft-lovers. Allow the grout to fully dry; make sure the maximum drying time on the package instructions passes before proceeding to the next step.

It can take anywhere between one and six months for a gourd to completely dry.Wipe off any mold with a very weak bleach and water solution if you are going to store the gourds inside.

We hope this spotlight on some of our members' favorites is a nice change of pace for your Saturday morning. Evidence shows that people were making use of gourds as early as 11,000 BCE and cultures in temperate and tropical climates around the globe were...

Guide tubes help keep the pine needles straight and allow the weaver to keep a constant diameter of the coils as they work. Baskets constructed from reeds, bark or grasses have been unearthed wherever there is evidence of civilization.

We are a throw-away society and it is shameful that more of us do not utilize this free source of garden amendments.Composting is not a mysterious process and just about anyone with a little bit of extra space can succeed.

Afterwards we can leisurely stroll around the abandoned thermal spring and visit the "maison Folio" which is an old Creole house surrounded by a very nice and well-kept garden. In 1840 a plant was imported from Mexico which boosted the cirque cultivation...

Craftspeople will find inspiration in the simple, but functional shapes.This book is a wonderful historical account of a dying craft and way of life. Each family or clan had their own signature style and being familiar with these, helps historians determine...

Succulents are drought tolerant and easy to propagate - two main reason these plants are used. Size and shape of the base may also be variable from circular to square to a cross or an 'X'; the only limitation is anchoring the moss to the wire.

The bar is easy to turn and I could hear a bit of material falling into the holding area.I opened the trap door and a small amount of finished compost had dropped through the wire grid.

Yes, you can; they'll probably sprout just fine. I've grown a successful crop of bushel gourds right on the top of the previous fall's big leaf based compost pile.You'll grow gourd vines from seed each spring; rarely would you ever find starter plants...

I really like the continous feed aspect of the Toter. I gave them a little borax and they moved on, but I should have let the rind dry for a day or so before adding it to the composter.

Our love affair with the pumpkin is one that has lasted for many centuries. In America the Beautiful, the author comments on the amber waves of grain but it really did not hold any meaning until that day.

If you return them to their usual diet, they will return to their normal size.The real question, to me, is about the other flowers and plants you put in. Eventually, unless you live in a huge property, you can pretty much eliminate your current gopher...

Above all, control the moisture. Clivia is in the same family as Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) those popular bulbs with the huge red flower on a stalk. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. The thinking behind the practice is that since peppers and tomatoes are both in the Solonaceae family, the heat from the peppers could migrate to the tomato fruit...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. :( Good luck! They sound lovely.answers: Good question, (meaning I wasn't sure and was curious myself.) I knew who WOULD know something--darius, a DG writer, who's...

I like to take several cuttings and just keep them in water. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do...

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Once branches are long enough, tie them to the trellis to get the plant going in a vertical direction.

Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features. If you have a question you'd like us to consider, you may pose it in the.

Even though you indicate an uneventful summer, the events earlier in the season set the stage for an unusual cycle. If you're not familiar with its appearance, it can look like a problem.

I hope the source showed you a realistic picture of what your plant was to look like when blooming. The heat or sometimes the chemicals in the smoke, weaken the seed coat and allow water to enter and germination to begin.