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This neighbor was kind enough to let me look for squash bugs,which I did not see. I did see leaves with holes in them. Now there is this beautiful squash standing. Looks like growing vegetables in your front yard is a new trend!!
Spotted on Aug 13, 2012
Submitted on Aug 13, 2012
8 Comments
Surekha , Thanks for the Id.
The calabash was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not primarily for food, but for use as a water container. The bottle gourd may have been carried from Africa to Asia, Europe and the Americas in the course of human migration
Thanks Argy.Painting gourds is an ancient art. Infact i do have two painted gourds.
Thanks for the link Surekha. Will definitely look thru it.
Nice Emma... we dry and paint these gourds for decorations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash
We call it bottle gourd/ calabash and they come in other shapes too :)
That must be so awesome Alice! i bet the birds loved them!
Yes, you can mix them with flowers, it is a nice new trend. My daughter used to grow these and make bird houses with them.