It has been a while since I mentioned anything about the Birdhouse Gourds, so I figured now would be as good of time as any.

They have some female flowers now. In fact, I hand pollinated one yesterday.

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But look at how prolific these things are. Especially for something I honestly didn’t think would grow past seed-leaf stage.

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It is hard to capture just how amazed I am with them with just a few poor photos and sentences. I may work on a video of some sort. Until then, I’ll update again here when the first little fruits appear.

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I’m Wendy

Welcome to my little corner of the internet, mostly about plants in my Zone 3/4 garden in Alberta, Canada. I also dabble in many different crafty pursuits although I haven’t documented them on here very well for many years.

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