Asked on Sep 23, 2014
My gourds
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My beautiful gourds I grew. I don't know how to make them special for fall design?
10 answers
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Those are great @Pamela Langone ! Could you be more specific regarding how you would like to implement the gourds? In a centerpiece? Mantle Decor? This way I will have a better understanding as to how to help with the gourds!
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Anne Dziegielewski
on Sep 23, 2014
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Get an old flat pan...perhaps a shallow baking pan. Fill it with leaves and/or straw and pile it full of different gourds and sit it beside your front door or just inside the front door, or in the middle of your dining/kitchen table! Attach some small ones on a straw wreath with wire or string and add a bow...hang it on your door!
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Jeanette S
on Sep 23, 2014
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Rinse them in vinegar water 1-1
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Kathleen Robinson
on Sep 24, 2014
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These are absolutely beautiful gourds! I used to clean them, spray them with a high gloss varnish, put them in baskets surrounded by fall flowers and leaves. I'd stick a scarecrow or other decorating item in once in awhile, too. They were just beautiful, each one unique, and very popular!
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Pat Neal
on Sep 24, 2014
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Honestly I think the way they're displayed now is really neat! You could do that indoors or out :-)
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CK
on Sep 24, 2014
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Eye-catching the way you have them on that ladder now!
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SusieQStamps
on Sep 24, 2014
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Linda, most of mine lasted through December and some through the winter. Kathleen, what does the vinegar water do?
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Pat Neal
on Sep 24, 2014
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a nice large willow rustic basket full of fall leaves and place those beautiful gourds on top, place it at the front door with little lights in t |He evening
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Margaret
on Sep 24, 2014
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I dried mine years ago and of course the color faded on some of them so I painted them all with acrylic paints just like they were. Now I have some permanent ones to use every year.
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Linda K
on Sep 25, 2014
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HAve them out on the porch and the darn squirrels think I put them out there for them
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Pamela Langone
on Oct 14, 2014
Anne Dziegielewski
on Sep 23, 2014
Jeanette S
on Sep 23, 2014
Kathleen Robinson
on Sep 24, 2014
Pat Neal
on Sep 24, 2014
CK
on Sep 24, 2014
SusieQStamps
on Sep 24, 2014
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