We Had No Idea Birdhouse Gourds Would Grow So Well!
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2017
- This week we had our first frost of the fall. It wasn't a bad frost but it made us realize that it is time for the gardening season to come to and end. Our birdhouse gourds have done amazing all summer and we are excited to start harvesting them.
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In Mexico my family turns these gourds into canteens they hold a lot of water and keep cooler than plastic.
Norma Gutierrez Montagnard indigenous ,we used to hold water too it’s better than plastic bottle.
How do you cap it?
Wow... that's interesting.
@@homebodyheaven6114 A properly sized cork, I would guess.
Great
Back home in Nigeria we dry them and make them into musical instruments called marakette
Why don't you eat them? Can the be eaten?
@@demigoddessthechosenrace3015 The birdhouse gourds were never designed to be eaten.
We use them to make berimbaus for capoeira
Absolutely GOURDOUS!!!
+mike south ROFL! 😂 We love your humor!
Thanks I try to make everyone I run into smile 😁😁some by whay I say some by just my looks.. lol
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Actually, frost doesn't harm them at all...in fact, it's easiest to leave them hanging through the winter unpicked, and they will be completely dry and ready to use come spring!
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how many people went 'n-n-n' trying to figure out what code she was using, hehe
I wondered! Thx 👍
It easier just to leave them alone. Even after winter wont hurt just makes them easier to clean.
My Aunt grew birdhouse gourds on about an acre, they do require about a year to cure if you don’t drain them. To speed up the process we drilled four holes in the bottom of each gourd, stored them upright on newspaper in her barn over the winter so they were ready by mid Spring. The holes serve as rain drainage once they are turned into birdhouses and feeders. We used either a 1/8 to 1/4 inch bit.
Those with brown stems you can use for crafts. The one with green stems not very matured ones you can cook. They are very gòod vegies, taste great. They are very prolific. I actually grew round ones. They are very common in Asia. Try this simple recipe. Peel the skin the way you would a cucumber or a honeydew melon. Remove the seeds and cut in strips or small julienne cut. Saute some onions, add some tomatoes and some ground pork if you wish, add soy sauce or some fish sauce if avallable in your area then add the gourd. Put a little water to cook the gourd until soft but not soggy. Add a bit of salt and ground pepper, to taste. Lots of ways to cook it.
Thanks for posting this. I was actually just wondering if one can eat gourds or if they're only to decorate!
Me too! Thanks for the education, G V !
I also wondered! So cool!💜
Thanks for sharing!
In Mauritius we use it regularly as vegetable. There are different ways of cooking it.
Try sauteing with sardines..taste good too..
I know this is an old video, but you just bring joy to my day. You your excitement really wears off, and you make me want to try new things with my garden. Thanks!
First time viewer. I just watched the luffa gourds and I was amazed. Never did I know that before. Thanks. and I love your channel so far.
JadeBlackWolf me too!!! I never knew that’s where they came from!
Same!
Definitely sell them. There are gourd clubs that need them to paint, carve and decorate and then they sell them and/or enter contests in their clubs.
Really?? I've *never* heard of this! I learn something new every day from UA-cam.
Sue Glass my brother paints them he grew them a few years ago
Last spring I hung a bunch (dried ones) of these in a a big maple tree. Wrens moved in like mad. Have a little tree swing I relax in just to watch them build nests and hear them sing. They eventualy get freindly and the babies would stick their heads out the hole and chirp at me like I was mama.
Love your Gourds.....I've been raising them for 25 years. Love it and love the Birdhouses I make out of them!!! One year aired 27 different gourds. Should leave them on vine and let them dry naturally. Harvest them in early spring when seeds raddle. Their beautiful.
I love the country sounds of crickets and other insects. No city sounds. Thank you for this video.
SO AWESOME! I work at Amazon and literally saw a packet of loufa seeds last week, I had No clue they came from a gourd! Always thought it was from the ocean 😂
So this is super cool you showed them.
They did used to come from the ocean and some still do but this is a much more sustainable source so is becoming more and more popular!
This sounds cool, think I'll grow some this year!! How do you get hired at Amazon, my son is looking for work. Have a blessed day! 💕
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I'm growing my birdhouse gourds and my loofah gourds they are coming along pretty good I've been growing birdhouse gourds now for 7 years love them great projects
You crack me up! Your enthusiasm and energy is contagious! I had some loofah’s and seeds gifted to me. I pulled up your videos on that and that led me to this video. Now I’m HAVE to get me some birdhouse seeds a try this! Thank you for sharing.
Very cool! You can make a whole neighborhood of birdhouse’s! I wonder if birds would live in all them!
Birdhouse gourds and Luffas are edible when they are young and haven't matured. usually pick them when they are 30%-50% their mature size before the get hard. Luffas are very tasty actually. you can cook them like zucchini, just peel the skin and slice up and saute with onions.
ltrinh6106 and it's also fragrant too. We use to have it in our vegetable soup or stew.
Sounds awesome. Who knew?! Thanks for the education Itrinh6106 .
They’re actually one of our every day vegetable in where I come from
If you pick them early like that, will they keep for a long time in the cellar like squash?
This cattle fencing u-shaped trellising setup for your gourds was the most beautiful gardening project I've ever seen! I think this is a fantastic idea and particularly for me, as I am running out of space to grow melons and squash in a field setting (we just put it all into field strawberries and corn), but using this method I think I could grow them in my dedicated garden, which I have avoided doing in the past because of their out of control, sprawling and messy nature! I have garden rows spaced apart with 4 foot center to center, so using a total of 3 of my rows, this should create a nice shaded center row with two rows of either melons or squash on the 2 outer rows. This could be beneficial for growing salad greens or peas in that center row, possibly in the hot months of july and august! Now that would be some awesome plant synergy! Next season I have got to give this a try. Thanks for showing us your very creative gourd project, it was truly beautiful and artistic just like you said! Kudos.
I'm going to have to do that next year... for shade for my tomatoes! Our multiple weeks of triple-digit temperatures are really hard on tomatoes - and other living things.
I planted gourds this year and they took over. As John Craftenworth said, they're messy. Took over 60 feet of cyclone fence, two small pecan trees, a Red Bud tree, a phone pole, and the neighbor's yard. (Fortunately, he moved out to the lake years ago, so he won't care.)
Good for cukes, green beans and yellow squash and zucchini. Could do cantelope if you can put a support under each.
I use cattle panels or hog panels for housing and shade, even storage. They are very versatile.
You should check out Roots and Refuge. She's got some awesome videos on this.
Gourd plants can grow up trees pretty well too. They will eventually fall down, and be ready to use.
They are amazing! I couldn't stop smiling watching this video! Thanks that was so much fun just watching how happy Sara was, and I must say I think they are beautiful!
I love your excitement! What an awesome harvest!
My husband uses them for Purple Martin houses, we have many many Martins! They are amazing birds ✝️❤
word of warning=if you decide to drill a hole and make birdhouses out of them-PLEASE be aware that hornets and wasp will make their homes in these and don,t do like me=I ran into one while on the tractor and wow!! these red hornets swarmed me!! I took off so fast they could not catch me--thank God!! sure learned my lesson and I never hung any again.
Good to know! I grew some in a small garden. Eek. That was NOT a good idea. Those guys need room.
@@Meanoldwoman2013 yeah I may have to add another trellis or 3 to my little garden after noticing significant growth increase from all the recent rain. Hahaha
Wow! I always wanted to grow them. This is the coolest, what a huge harvest! Thanks for sharing!
OMG!! Be still my heart! I have loved gourds since I was a little girl. Tried to grow some in Texas, but they didn’t do well. Yours were awesome!!!
I write on them when they are young...like friends last names and give them away. The writing grows with the gourd..it's really cool.
Just found your channel this morning and I am hooked! Your enthusiasm is breath of fresh air and such a blessing. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and knowledge. ☺🌿
I have a packet of seeds. It says to plant now in my zone. Hopefully planting today. These things are awesome. Used to raise these years ago.
How are they doing Vickie?
That surprise is a Spung Gourd, they are really tasty.
If you leave a couple to dry out, you can have new seed for the next time.
What a treat this video was. ~Smile!
You and your family looking great standing out there around those bird gourds it's looks so amazing , thanks for sharing
I found this video about 7 months ago and decided I would try to grow the luffa and bird house gourds in 2019, it’s almost spring and I’ve already ordered my seeds. I’m so so so sooooo excited thank you so much for this video!!
Brianna Young how are your grounds and luffas growing, just found your comment! Hope they're doing well. 😊🌿🌺
Brianna Young Did you grow them? How did they turn out?
How exciting! My grandfather used grow these. He used them for water containers. 😃👍
They are good you did a good job
I watched this video over a year ago. I planted my bird house gourds this year. I did an arch as well over my herds , the sun is so hot. My plants are all so happy. Thanks for the great idea. Can’t wait to harvest my gourds
When I was a child I had several gourds, I loved playing with them, where I live it was quite common to find gourd trees everywhere (I live in the north of Brazil)
It's great to see someone get so much joy from growing thing like this. I grew birdhouse and snake gourds one year. My daughters helped and we made birdhouses and painted the snake ones to look like snakes. Gave them away as gifts to family and friends. It was a lot of fun. I think they would sell fairly easy at a farmers market or a craft fair.
I absolutely love the tunnel used for these gourds! I'm planning on using this methods for ALL my vining stuff.
The tunnel she made made me want to grow grapes. Lol
@@rebeccahherdener2068 I was thinking passion fruit, melons, grapes, all the vining stuff. Even the squashes and pumpkins.
I'm so amazed at how they grow in all different shapes and sizes!
I love how enthusiastic you are, it is such a joy to watch your video.
Missouri has the Show Me Gourd Society 😊👍
That is awesome..very very cool! A tunnel of love for gourds :) I'm impressed ~♡~
Those are awesome!!!Love seeing all your peppers, what a great bunch of peppers. Thanks for the video
Luffa is on my bucket list of things to grow. I bought the seeds last winter but didn't have room to plant them. Maybe next year!
I just love your enthusiasm! How fun to see so many beautiful gourds!
What a wonderful video. I'm surprised I haven't seen this before. I've been following your channel for a few years now. I love it when I stumble on a nugget like this. All your videos are great, but this is one of those extra special ones. You deserve every penny you make from your homestead and UA-cam channel. The value you share with the world is awesome. God bless you and everything you do.
Awesome surprise! Thank you for sharing. God bless.
That is so amazing to grow gourds! And I just learned lots of craft made from gourds!
Hi. Thanks for sharing. Your mystery finding looks like Loofa pots. You’re Birdhouse Gourds are gorgeous, and So cool! Wish you the Best!
My gosh...it was like magic inside your gourd tunnel! And what fun to find the loofahs, too!
You're making me want to plant gourds next year. That's so cool!
Go for it! It's been super fun!
hope all's well out there and you all are getting ready for Spring!! may God Bless!!
Love your enthusiasm and excitement!!
This is just awesome! I just happened to see some birdhouse gourd seeds today and then your video caught my eye. Now I'm wishing I would've bought some!
Just subbed. Great video, I just bought a pack of these seeds for the first time. I can't wait to grow them now.
Those are so cool.....I am very excited for you. They are huge......will watch more of these..ty
In Africa, they are used to make musical instruments. When dried and inside gutted out, it is wrapped in a loose beaded mesh and shaken to produce sound.
OMG, you are so cute! I'm super excited for you guys!
Who me? Lol! Thanks, Michele!
I grew the Loffah for the first time this year... SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't been lucky with Bird gourds yet, but this video has encouraged me to try! Great Video!!! :P
I watched one video in my recommended & had to subscribe immediately lol almost an hour in & i'm totally hooked on this channel now!
We also grow the luffa gourds. My wife intends on taking them and slicing them in slices and embedding them with homemade soap from goats milk and selling them as gift sets with different scents.
wudntme54 How did that turn out?
You know what is the best thing of the video is your beautiful smile from Palestine we tell you keep on girl love your smile
You have great voice to use to explain what's happening!
Thanks for a very interesting video, I'll be watching to see what y'all do with them.
Wow, amazing, never seen this before. Thanks for showing us.
I just planted my seeds for the 1st time ever so excited
They make fabulous Purple Martin Colony houses.
Love all the gourds. Too cool. Wear a mask when cleaning and drilling these gourds. I learned the hard way. You don't want to breathe those spores in your lungs. Really Awesome harvest. Blessings!
Deborha Smith iiithe
Thanks for the tip! I've never heard that but will definitely make sure we wear masks.
Deborha Smith Good advice! Thanks!
Deborha Smith out of curiosity, what does it do?
wash goards with a solution if water and clorox . drill a small hole and rinse the gourd and ket dry befor doing any work on them. I grow gourds about every five years.
Hi Sarah and Kevin I just picked up seeds I hope I get a crop like yours that’s just wonderful!!
Congratulations!!! My birdhouse gourds did will considering all! I will do again! I got 3 loofah, planted separately. I will plant them together next year! Wow I may get 12!✌🏻❤️
It's nice to the c the excitement n happiness in face fr ur harvest 😎 when v plant n did nt expect such abandons this happens , happy face😁.
It's so satisfying seeing you so happy. I even know you. You can draw dots and patterns of dots and use a machine for make the holes and put lights inside. Search for it in Pinterest, It's awesome.
We had a birdhouse gourd for years that the same family of nuthatches kept coming back to. It was soooo fun to watch them.
Oh my goodness gracious! That looks so pretty! They look like party lights ! How amazing & awesome ! Good on! Liked and subscribed 🧡🙏
Started a birdhouse gourd along with several other vining plants. All are doing well but the birdhouse gourd plant is 20 times bigger than all the others. Yes, they do grow.
You should be sooooo proud! God bless you and your whole family..
I’m a widow of 8months my husband was my Genie 🧞♀️ and I never grew plants but now I’m just getting started
Thanks for sharing this
I’ll get the hang ing of it for sure but pray for me please for I’m 71
Never to late
my husband left me moon vine on and old wrought iron cart it’s so gorgeous just like Him he was such a romantic ,for 40 years of Heaven on this earth .
God bless you and everything you touch
God bless you and I'm praying for you. Please pray for me and my family too. I'm starting gardening too, just starting to make videos. Glad to have you in the UA-cam garden community! 💕 🙏 🌻 😊 👍 💕
That's is sooo fun. I just planted some loofah seeds inside. They are coming up nice. Getting ready to make them a trellis. I can't wait ! I hope they turn out as good as yours.
When she discovered the loofah gourd she lost it & I lost it too, lmao!
I would've been stoked to make my own loofah soap! Def growing next summer!!
Thank you for the harvesting tip!!
I am really loving your farm and all your doing! God Bless
2:44 missed a perfect opportunity to say,
_”birdhouse gourds_ *GALORE!!”* 🤣 so awesome! Hope my harvest is as fruitful 🥰 I’m growing some decorative gourds for this October!
Me too. They are like the plant that ate NYC! I love the gourds! They are fuzzy and cute. Planted on the wood chip pile...can’t find that pile anymore!
I love how excited you are. I feel the same way you do. We grew birdhouse gourds this year and we have dozens of them. I talk about my garden a lot. :P
How many vines did you plant? I am germinating 4 seeds but I doubt I’ll want to grow all of them.
How cool is that?
Thanks for sharing!
So in love with this kind of gourd they taste so good. A friend gave me one few years ago and I’ve been wanting to grow since then. I made a stir fry beef with it and they were delicious.I took the skin and the soft part inside though.
WOW!!~ that is AMAZING!....I Love Gourd Bird Houses!
I loved this video, your excitement is so contagious! Me and my husband were laughing all the way through!
The trellis is a fantastic idea. I've grown birdhouse gourds a few times but never that way. I just let them grow on the ground (and all over our porch lol!) then left them to dry there through the winter. I don't bleach them... if you leave them natural, and get black mold on them, it leaves some beautiful patterns on the gourds when you clean them.
Keep up the good work! I'll be subscribing to your channel. :)
I love how excited Sarah is shes a real worker
Me encantó tu entusiasmo por las plantas y gracias por compartir.
I really like your channel because most of your videos bring memories from my country Will Salvador. For example, this birdhouses gourd were grown and cleaned in the inside and used as canteen. People used them to carry drinking water. So there was no need of water bottles
Aaahh, I really enjoyed this video! I have some of these in my backyard. Totally discovered these by accident lol! New subscriber! 🙌🏽😀
I love your channel I wish I lived somewhere where the weather was good enough to grow half the things you grow. So I love watching your channel and you guys cooking is awesome thank you for all your uploads
Well... No I know they won't cross pollinate! I loved this video! So great!
Your enthusiasm is contagious!
wow can't believe how many bird house gourds you got I grow bird house gourds last year and only got four I am going to paint them this winter and hang them out in my garden for next season
What a friendly video! I subscribed! Just harvested our first ever bottle-necked gourds and birdhouse gourds. Really like your cattle fencing tunnel solution, too! We used rebar and bent PVC into an arch, then zip-tied cheap garden fencing to those 'ribs'. But, I think I like your solution better! Cheers from Muncie, Indiana!
Awesome !! Thanks fro Sharing !
Awesome video to find as I had just bought seeds of both gourds and wondered if they could grow on the same trellis arch pathway I wanted to make. Grandma used to have a grape archway I miss.
I had tears in my eye when you revealed the inside of the cow pen tunnel! A bit of a dramatic reaction from me, but it was overwhelming! It is the most beautiful thing! I can understand you being so excited :-)
I'm glad you felt the same way I did!
That's so exciting about the gourds and the loofah. I hope you show us one of the loofah gourds when they are ready to use. Hope you sell some of the birdhouse gourds. I used to have one and miss it. It was always fun to look at, although no birds ever built a nest in mine.
+swianecki We will have to research the best size hole to cut. That makes a big difference.
Surprises like that are always welcome.
Great harvest! Those are some awesome looking gourds.
You are so lucky. because you have too many gourds. i am so happy because you love a gardening.
They make excellent water canteens. You can also saw them in half and make very good recipients for just about anything…