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| From 2010.09.10Fieldtrip |
Today, we went to a gourd farm. "A GOURD farm?" you ask. "WHY?" Well,"Why not?" I will be running the gourd decorating table again at this year's community picnic and we needed to round up some gourds. We were fortunate to get a tour from a sweet and funny couple that had been working on the farm for the past decade. Both kids really enjoyed this rather odd outing, declaring it to be a "perfect" fieldtrip. Who'da thunk it? Thank you to our friend, Cynthia, for setting this up for us.
Some of these gourds can reach over 6' long and can pull in around $50! Nuts.
We did learn that in order to avoid cross-pollination, the gourds are pollinated by hand at four in the morning. This continues for an entire month! I'm beginning to understand why these things are so expensive.
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| From 2010.09.10Fieldtrip |
Dumb bells
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This will go for $250. I'm still in shock. Who would of thought there would be so much money in funky fruit? Of course, I can't help but going straight to the gutter when I look at some of these things.
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Yup. Still in the gutter.
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Mr. Grady looking for a BIG gourd to show the kids. What a nice man. Very sweet and just silly enough to keep the kid's attention.
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Gourds have all sorts of creative uses.
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I want to live here.
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A private lake with a paddle boat! Maybe I can get them to adopt me?
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The end result. We took home 100!
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2 comments:
And you didn't call????????? Hrrrrumph!!!
No. Sorry. I thought of you repeatedly while we were there. However, I honestly didn't know that we were going to get a tour. Now...I do have a hospital tour set up for US on Friday. Yes. It's true. I set it up this evening. See how I am?
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