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GOURD-JUS (Pronounced Gorgeous) Gourds as Garden Decor
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TheLastLeafGardener
(IC: blogger)
This past Wednesday, November the twelfth, Juan V and I worked together in my garden, taking down the Halloween decorations that we had put up in the garden in honor of that holiday* and replacing them with an array of gourds as well as winter squashes in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
The result of part of our efforts is indicated by the lower arrow that is superimposed on to the picture seen in the image posted below.
[* http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/garden/halloween-decorations-garden-pumpkins-5239170]
The result of part of our efforts is indicated by the lower arrow that is superimposed on to the picture seen in the image posted below.
[* http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/garden/halloween-decorations-garden-pumpkins-5239170]
The upper arrow in this image is pointing towards the leaves of my Tree Peony.** As you can see the color of them has turned to an awesome mauve which looks lovely against the foliage of my kiwi vines; foliage which has turned to a brilliant yellow with red markings! ***
As you can see, the gourds and winter squashes make a lovely center piece atop the table I have in my garden.
The arrow indicating our placement of gourds atop an urban hedge.********
The aforementioned urban hedge can be seen to the left of the picture. *********
I have given this feeder away since the time this picture was taken, but I did write about the feeder on HT in 2013 (@ http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/garden/part-4-back-story-of-tllg-s-rain-or-shine-feeders-1783098).
My writings on blue jays can be found on Blogger as well as tumblr. *********
But getting back to my placement of gourds and winter squashes in bygone years, this how they looked atop the urban hedge in 2012.
This image was featured in an entry on Blogger (@ http://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving.html) where I discussed the use of gourds and winter squashes at Thanksgiving time.
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Published November 17th, 2014 1:57 PM
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Douglas Hunt on Nov 18, 2014Gorgeous indeed.
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