Grow Gourds and Join the Gourd Society of America
Author : Gourd Society Of America
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 1953
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Author : Gourd Society Of America
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 1953
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Author : Ginger Summit
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2001-06
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780806926995
Whether you're a seasoned gardener enchanted with their lush vines and unusually shaped fruit or a crafter in search of the perfect gourd for a specific project, this easy-to-use primer takes the mystery out of growing gourds. Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit. Learn how to: * Identify popular gourd shapes * Plan and cultivate your garden * Grow, train, and harvest a bountiful crop * Control pests and disease with natural remedies * Prepare your gourds for use-in recipes and art projects. Lists of suppliers, a growing calendar, and space for notes on your own garden conditions make this the complete gourd sourcebook. A delight to read as well as a lasting reference, this long overdue guide to the adventures of growing one of Nature's greatest gifts is an essential addition to any gardener's library.
Author : Gourd Society of America
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Gourds
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 1939
Category : Gourds
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Author : Gourd Society of America
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Page : 2 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Gardening
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Author : Carolyn M. Prawat
Publisher : Amer Gourd Society
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 1989-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780962351600
Author : Ginger Summit
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781402732201
"If you're an artist looking to explore a versatile medium or are interested in making dolls, look to nature's bounty. Learn a variety of classic techniques as you create projects. Comes with a gallery of inspiring work by talented artists."--adapted from back cover.
Author : Suzanne Ashworth
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0988474905
A complete seed-saving guide of 160 vegetables, including detailed info on each vegetable.
Author : Colin Nissan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1797214756
A passionate and profane love letter to fall, the best fucking season of the year. Do you get excited at the first brisk breeze of the year? Are you overcome with delight when you see piles of red leaves? Do you lose your fucking mind at a pumpkin patch? At last, the epically funny internet sensation It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers is now a visual tour-de-force, teeming with a cornucopia of perfectly paired photos and seasonal enchantments to make it really fucking sing. Whiffy candles, wicker baskets, motherfucking gourd after gourd, and people going insane they love fall so much? Check! Also included: the equally lifechanging meditation It's Rotting Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers, because all good things must end. Give it to everyone you love, or put it on your fucking coffee table next to a pile of shellacked vegetables to really tie the room together. Perfect for: For anyone who fucking loves fall, and fans of McSweeney's, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Deep Thoughts, the Onion, and the New Yorker.
Author : Charles B. Heiser
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0806155671
Humankind has had a long and intimate association with gourds, and one of them, the bottle gourd, or calabash, may have been man's first cultivated plant. Although grown in the United States today primarily as ornamentals, in other parts of the world gourds have many other important uses. With charming text and stunning black-and-white photographs, The Gourd Book provides fascinating scientific information and folklore about these remarkable plants and keys for identifying species. The first part of the book deals with tree gourds, widely used as containers and for decoration; the Cucurbita gourds, including the buffalo gourd, the Turk's turban, the silver-seed gourd, and the Malabar gourd, all utilized as food, and the beautiful ornamental gourds; the loofah gourds, popular as cosmetic sponges; minor gourds, such as the snake, wax, bitter, teasel, and hedgehog, sometimes used as food or medicine; and gourds mentioned in the Bible. The second part takes up the bottle gourd, which has been used for thousands of years. Even today this gourd is almost indispensable in many parts of the tropics, where species are used to make containers, musical instruments, and clothing, as food and medicine, and in art. The book concludes with a discussion of the gourd in folklore and myth and an appendix on growing, hybridizing, and preserving gourds for decoration. Delightfully written for general readers, this book will also appeal to botanists, anthropologists, horticulturists, and everyone interested in plants or gardening.