Thread: Accidental gourd

On Sep 13, 10:11*am, Nancy Young <rjynlynos...@vverizon.net> wrote:
> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
> have to buy one this year. *All this time, I thought this vine
> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>
> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
> nancy

Must be good compost cause that gourd certainly looks healthy !!

On 9/13/2012 2:33 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Sep 13, 10:11 am, Nancy Young <rjynlynos...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>
>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.

> Must be good compost cause that gourd certainly looks healthy !!

Doesn't it? Heh. My flower beds get a lot of compost and
manure.

Truth be told, I thought there was some intervention with those
goose neck gourds, that the farmer would make sure it grew
bent to look more goose-like. Now I know.

nancy

On 9/13/2012 12:11 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>
> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
> nancy


You grew a nice gourd, Nancy.

Becca

On 9/13/2012 4:18 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
> On 9/13/2012 12:11 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>
>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.

> You grew a nice gourd, Nancy.

Who knew, right? (laugh) What's today, Sept 13th, took me til now
to notice I had a gourd plant.

nancy

Nancy Young <[email protected]> wrote:
> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>
> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
> nancy

What? 4 hours and still no anatomical references from Sheldon? Is he sick
today?

MartyB

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:11:09 -0400, Nancy Young
<[email protected]> wrote:

>A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>was just another volunteer cucumber.
>
>http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>
>I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.

That is one lascivious guard. LOL

On 9/13/2012 6:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:11:09 -0400, Nancy Young
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>
>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
> That is one lascivious guard. LOL
>
(laugh) I've been avoiding the inuendo.

nancy

Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>Nancy Young wrote:
>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>
>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
>What? 4 hours and still no anatomical references from Sheldon? Is he sick
>today?

I've been busy, unlike you I have a life. This morning I had an appt
at the dentist to get my choppers cleaned. Then while I was in town I
did some shopping, bought a lovely center cut pork roast, was on sale
at $1.99/lb:
http://i46.tinypic.com/nfjfhi.jpg
Then when I got home I headed out to my back field and finished the
last of my mowing:
http://i48.tinypic.com/fmiky.jpg
Noticed I have a tree to remove, looks like a lightening strike:
http://i50.tinypic.com/24cf7sy.jpg
Afterwards I checked out my vegetable garden, I have lots of
cantaloupe, they're late as the weather wasn't cooperative but better
late than never:
http://i45.tinypic.com/4r9c88.jpg
And I have a perfect Charlie Brown Halloween punkin... has a higher IQ
than you, noneya nutz:
http://i50.tinypic.com/ou7292.jpg

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:30:07 -0400, Nancy Young
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 9/13/2012 6:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:11:09 -0400, Nancy Young
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>
>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>
>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>>
>> That is one lascivious guard. LOL
>>
>(laugh) I've been avoiding the inuendo.

Inuendo... hehe

>> On Sep 13, 10:11 am, Nancy Young <rjynlynos...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>
>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>
>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.


Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
humidity in the pile.

gloria p

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:54:15 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:30:07 -0400, Nancy Young
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 9/13/2012 6:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:11:09 -0400, Nancy Young
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>>
>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>>>
>>> That is one lascivious guard. LOL
>>>
>>(laugh) I've been avoiding the inuendo.
>
>Inuendo... hehe

An Italian suppository.

JB

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:54:15 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:30:07 -0400, Nancy Young
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 9/13/2012 6:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:11:09 -0400, Nancy Young
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>>
>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>>>
>>> That is one lascivious guard. LOL
>>>
>>(laugh) I've been avoiding the inuendo.
>
>Inuendo... hehe

An Italian suppository.

JB

On 9/13/2012 9:20 PM, gloria p wrote:
>
>>> On Sep 13, 10:11 am, Nancy Young <rjynlynos...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>>
>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>
>
> Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
> cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
> humidity in the pile.

I also wound up with cherry tomatoes, not quite the grape shaped
tomatoes I put in the pile last summer. Also the aforementioned
cucumber plants all over my flower beds. Somehow it all looked nice
anyway.

Too bad I didn't get a gooseneck crossed with watermelon seeds, it
could have been a huge decoration. Hee.

nancy

On 9/13/2012 8:20 PM, gloria p wrote:

> Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
> cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
> humidity in the pile.
>
> gloria p


Did not know that, Gloria. Tomatoes and onions have sprouted out of my
compost heap, but no gourds. I do not have one right now, so I am
missing out.

Becca

On 14/09/2012 8:46 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> A gift from last year's ornamental gooseneck gourd, I don't
>>> have to buy one this year. All this time, I thought this vine
>>> was just another volunteer cucumber.
>>>
>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2rcqqm9.jpg
>>>
>>> I guess I need to cook my compost pile better.
>>
>> What? 4 hours and still no anatomical references from Sheldon? Is he sick
>> today?
>
> I've been busy, unlike you I have a life.

Could have fooled me!

<snip>


--

Krypsis

gloria p wrote:
>
> Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
> cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
> humidity in the pile.

More often those volunteer plant seeds were in critter poop.

On Sep 14, 9:21*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> gloria p wrote:
>
> > Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
> > cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
> > humidity in the pile.
>
> More often those volunteer plant seeds were in critter poop.

We had a beautiful pink poppy plant show up in our yard a few weeks
ago. Never had one anywhere here before, and it was only one. I think
a bird must have dropped it off...

On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:08:19 -0700 (PDT), merryb <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sep 14, 9:21*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> gloria p wrote:
>>
>> > Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash, and gourds, mostly
>> > cross-pollinated so they aren't very palatable. It must be the heat and
>> > humidity in the pile.
>>
>> More often those volunteer plant seeds were in critter poop.
>
>We had a beautiful pink poppy plant show up in our yard a few weeks
>ago. Never had one anywhere here before, and it was only one. I think
>a bird must have dropped it off...

A bird that was flying high...

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:08:19 -0700 (PDT), merryb
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sep 14, 9:21*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> gloria p wrote:
>>>
>>> > Compost piles breed some interesting melons, squash,
>>> > and gourds, mostly cross-pollinated so they aren't very
>>> > palatable. It must be the heat and humidity in the
>>> > pile.
>>>
>>> More often those volunteer plant seeds were in critter
>>> poop.
>>
>>We had a beautiful pink poppy plant show up in our yard a
>>few weeks ago. Never had one anywhere here before, and it
>>was only one. I think a bird must have dropped it off...
>
> A bird that was flying high...



That's how James Mitchner's "HAWAII" novel started!

A must re-read classic!

Andy