The cool weather is finally here. I’m trying to get the last of the harvest in before the first rain comes tonight.
I garden more for the art of growing weird stuff than the food ( we are after all a Vampire family). So that said, I love my gourds.
The vines are lovely and each gourd is a wonderful natural work of art!
Vampire Maman 
If I ever have a garden again, I think I’ll take at least one season to just grow fun things. For too many years I battled the critters for edible food – took a bit of the joy out of it all.
Absolutely! Unfortunately the Big Moon and Atlantic Giant pumpkins that were supposed to be 125+ pounds each were about the size and shape of albino shrunken heads! Oh well. The Zinnias and Dark red and Mahonogy colored Sunflowers thrived!
I always saved the seeds from our Halloween gourds and planted them in the backyard every Spring when I was a kid! Gourds were so easy to grow, and yes, each plant seemed to grow a unique variety! It was weird!
Good idea. I’ll have to give that a try!