Growing up my parents were and still are the most self sufficient people I will ever know. They once went 8 days without electricity during a snow storm! They always have had the most beautiful vegetable garden and flower garden. My mom is such a terrific cook and can take any produce and turn it into a gourmet meal. My dad can take any piece of wood and turn it into the most beautiful farm table you have ever seen. He recently did this for me with wood from my great grandmother's old barn. I consider them renaissance people! Recently I have found myself moving backwards to a simpler way of life and admiring the way they have always done things. I have had my own little garden this year, 2 feet x 2 feet that has over flowed with success! Never have I wanted or even been able to grow a garden. I have also planted gourd seeds, from my parents, this year and I am just fascinated with them! There are so many varieties! I had to show you some of the pictures of my gourds that are growing and one of a beautiful birdhouse my dad made.
It is amazing to think gourds have been useful tools to people for hundreds of years and even still today.
