Gardens, in my opinion, are used primarily for the growing of vegetables and plants that would taste great in a freshly made salad, garnishing a nice steak, or maturing in a canned sauce in a dark pantry. I have never really seen gourds being grown, rather just the product afterwards: a dried out, hard, colorless shell that works great for baby rattles. They are everywhere hanging up on walls and have never really appealed to my tastes for decor. My perceptions; however, all changed when I saw this beautiful cart full of gourds of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Yellow, orange, green, and red gourds filled this rickety cart and painted an amazing palette for autumn. Turned over as if filling the bamboo basket, I was quickly reminded just how Mother Nature continues to amaze. Each one had it's own characteristics with bumpy warts on the outer shell and necks that twisted all around. The long stems and star shapes made me imagine them being turned into hummingbird models or a kiwi bird sculpture. All of a sudden, my entire outlook on how gourds are grown, harvested, and utilized was transformed into how artists can turn them into an amazing animal out of a normal vegetable. Quite possibly, I may just open part of my garden space next year and plant a few gourd plants and create a color palette all my own.
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