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makenna-made-this · 2 years

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BAWKtober Day 8 ~ Gourd Birdhouse

(*crawls outta hidden hatch in the floor* If anyone would like to support my BAWKtobers or buy a treat for my spoiled, spoiled chickens, my kofi is linked in pinned post)

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somethingcorenotsure · 2 years

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I think it's so adorable that early humans took wild gourds - a tiny fruit that hollows out as it dries, making it float - and decided to make something out of it

they thought the tiny fruit was so good that they bred it for thousands of years, making it larger to form into bowls and cups, and different shapes to become bottles and spoons

and musical instruments

And then, people took the hollow gourds they farmed, and they turned them into houses for birds. We adapted them into the perfect houses for birds, and now there are specific breeds of birdhouse gourd just for making into birdhouses

And humans dedicated gardening space and time and thousands of years of breeding to make the gourds so absolutely perfect for birds, that there is a species of bird that lives almost exclusively in them

#yes I KNOW i posted about this the other day but *crying* i just love plant domestication and the history of agriculture #and humanity's positive affect on the ecosystems we live in #mine #image IDs in alt text #hmm. I'm gonna tag this #permaculture #just to pspsps @ that community to look at how cool gourds are please everyone grow birdhouse gourds and give cavity nesters places to live #i don't think mine will become fully ripe before i get my first frost :( next year i need to start gourds indoors #i didn't want to grow them before because i didn't have much garden space but now i do and i need to grow all of them #i might be. a little obsessed with gourds. but also i saw a pair of purple martins flying by the road last year #and i had never seen one before then! and i need to see more of them #i have a few hundred barn swallows but i need more birds flying around my house. more!!#and also i have a ton of invasive cavity nesting species around here. house sparrows and starlings.#gotta make up for those things competing with native birds for nest dites #*sites #the invasive birds very often win :/#that's why they're invasive #i really do need to start trapping them....

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thebotanicalarcade · 1 year

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#gourd #gourde #art nouveau #courge #LA PLANTE ET SES APPLICATIONS ORNEMENTALES #eugene grasset #botanical pattern #floral pattern #calabash #bottle gourd #white-flowered guord #long melon #birdhouse gourd #new guinea bean #tasmania bean #opo squash #lagenaria siceraria #cucurnita #lagenaria

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gargelyfloof118 · 2 years

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Freshly swaddled baby birdhouse gourds!

There's now 21 gourds in slings and a possible 15 more!

August 11, 2022

#homestead #farm #gardening #birdhouse gourd #im extremely excited for these guys

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stumblngrumbl · 2 years

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gourdeous

#gourds #birdhouse gourds #gardening

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mimikyufriend · 10 months

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starting a new round of seeds ^__^

#seasonal speak #brussel sprouts kale cabbage and broccoli #I put the last round of beans and peas and baby pumpkins in the ground #the birdhouse gourds were not successful so I need to try a dif route #can never get corn to grow neither

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autumnhobbit · 1 year

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the Amish store is where I'll be buying all my new kitchenware needs from now on thank u

#ran down real quick this morning and got my mom a hand-painted gourd birdhouse for $25 so yeah ive been radicalized you could aay

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cgclarkphoto · 1 day

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A crabapple blossom morning - cg photography

#birdhouse #gourd #crabapple blossoms #morning

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benedicte-bouyssou · 2 years

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8: Gourd 🎃 Gourds aren’t just prettyllooking fall decorations. They can also become a cozy home for someone😉🐣 . . . #gourds #pumpkin #squash #birdhouse #nature #bird #october #cute #autumnillustration #gourdillustration #pumpkinillustration #animalillustration #beartober22 #drawtober2022 #inktober2022 #drawtoberlist #artchallenge #artprompt #whimsicalart #kidlitart #midcenturyillustration #digitalillustration #artist #art #coloredpencil #carandachesupracolorsoft #illustration #childrenillustration #illustrationoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CjeQWmGoTsd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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irradiatedsnakes · 1 month

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getting together all the decor i have for melanie’s big terrarium! we’ve got a big rack of antlers, a couple old cow bones from one of our cows, a few big hunks of oak bark and branches that i collected from the oak that got downed by a storm a while back, a couple river rocks from the stream, and some bits of birdhouse gourd that i grew.

she has two tanks right now- a temporary 20 gal long which will be her first home while she settles in, so i can keep a close eye on her, her health, and be able to collect a poop sample for a stool test. then we’ve got her Big House- a proper 4x2x2 foot pvc deal, which is gonna be bioactive and will have all this stuff in it.

#i need a tag for herrrr #melanie kingsnake would be funny if she were a kingsnake and not a corn #i may just go with that til i find something funnier #melanie kingsnake

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frogdiedbutcamebacksomehow · 3 months

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my dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “Birdhouse In Your Soul” 😳 you’ll be be zonked out of your gourd 💯

me: yeah whatever. i don’t feel shit.

5 minutes later: dude i swear i just saw a blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you make a little birdhouse in your soul

my buddies John and John: i’m your only friend i’m not your only friend but i’m a little glowing friend but really i’m not actually your friend but i am

#froggi speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks #i’m sorry i’m like this #they might be giants #tmbg #birdhouse in your soul #worst thing i’ve ever posted

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thebotanicalarcade · 1 year

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#LA PLANTE ET SES APPLICATIONS ORNEMENTALES #gourd #gourde #art nouveau #eugene grasset #cucurbita #Calabash #bottle gourd #white-flowered gourd #long melon #birdhouse gourd #New Guinea bean #Tasmania bean #opo squash #floral illustration #botanical illustration #Lagenaria siceraria #Lagenaria

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gargelyfloof118 · 2 years

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Harvested birdhouse gourds and pinto beans.

24 gourds harvested. Let's hope they dry well!

Will update once beans are hulled.

#homestead #farm #finally harvesting #pinto beans #birdhouse gourd

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scribefindegil · 6 months

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Surprising Things You Can Make Out Of Vegetables:

Walking stick (Jersey Cabbage/Walking Stick Kale)

Sponge (Loofah Gourd)

Birdhouse/bowl/ladle/musical instrument (hard-shelled Gourds)

#i feel like most people know about bottle gourds? tho i might be wrong.#the other two though. wild.

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na-bird-of-the-day · 1 year

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BOTD: Purple Martin

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"Graceful in flight, musical in its pre-dawn singing, this big swallow is one of our most popular birds. Almost all Purple Martins in the east now nest in birdhouses put up especially for them. Martin housing has a long history: some Native American tribes reportedly hung up hollow gourds around their villages to attract these birds. Purple Martins migrate to South America for the winter, but before leaving, they may gather to roost in groups of thousands in late summer."

- Audubon Field Guide

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cgclarkphoto · 1 year

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Spring Housing - cg photography

#gourd #birdhouse #spring #crabapple #blossoms

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