Participants built DIY gourd birdhouses which they painted and decorated Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, 2023, at the Esopus Library. (Tania Barricklo/Daily Freeman) Participants built DIY gourd bird ...

My friend Avi picked up a package of gourd seeds at the local garden shop this past spring. She just wanted something growing on the trellis in her back yard. She was feeling like Jack and the ...

If you are looking for ways to get more avian friends into your back yard, try an old-fashioned favorite: the gourd birdhouse. Gourds are easy and fun to grow at home, and you’ll usually find the ...

To add charm to your yard, encourage local wildlife and give you a front-row seat to nature, building a birdhouse is a simple weekend project that checks all of those boxes. Seasoned DIYers and ...

Okay, so you stopped to get just one pumpkin this past week, came home with three or four instead, plus a gourd someone convinced you would make a great birdhouse. It will. Just be patient. It is ...

The standard definition is: Any of several trailing or climbing plants related to the pumpkin, squash and cucumber, bearing fruits with a hard rind. But gourds are also earrings, musical instruments, ...

Gourds often require 110-120 days to mature. Start the seeds inside about two weeks before the last frost. Keep the gourds on the vine as long as possible. Jennifer Behm often covers them to protect ...