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The Birdhouses are Almost ReadyThe gourds are dried completely and we turned them into a few different things. With this one I cut a birdhouse hole and pulled the seeds and the slightly damp "guts" from the inside. It was loose and shaking around inside. Seeds! ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) Next the hole was cut perfectly (well, sort of, I eyeballed it with my Swiss Army Knife) and the house was left to dry out a little more. Seeds and guts from a gourd smell really foul. The first birdhouse. ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) And here are our projects. 2 birdhouses, one water cask with a wooden stopper and the fourth gourd, which is the only one without a shiny coat of polyurethane on it, is going to be a bowl, drum and cup combination. My son is making that one and he's quite creative so it will no doubt be interesting. Finished products ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) I've planted seeds from these gourds in preparation for this years garden and while we were away in Virginia a few weeks ago (Williamsburg, what a great place) I asked one of the costumed interpreters at the farm if she had any spare seeds for the smaller bottle gourds. She did and happily gave them to me so I now have a bunch of those planted in a little seed starter. Let the fun continue! According to my calendar the wren arrived during the last week of April last year and the year before. The house will be out there and ready for him. While in Williamsburg we picked up a "bird bottle" to hang up in the yard as well. Check them out by googling that word and Williamsburg and you'll see some great images. This blog entry has been viewed 347 times
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Wow! You have inspired me to try growing bird house gourds one more time!
Beautiful, I enjoyed reading your blog.
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