Category: Gourd Story-Box

This is a Story-Box of articles about Gourd cultivation as part of The Eco-Garden Project. This project by Serena Kovalosky is a multidisciplinary exploration of plants, history and humanity. Experiments in gardening, foraging and rewilding are shared through sculpture, wildcrafting, storytelling and culinary arts.

Hibernation and Transformation

Moldy gourds drying outside

Fall is a prelude to hibernation for many animals, myself included. Although for many it is a time for gearing up for the holidays, I always find the annual "Thanksgiving - Christmas - New Year's" bustle to be counter-intuitive to my natural rhythm, which wants to slow down in preparation for "a long winter's nap."... Continue Reading →

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Gourd Seeds Are Up!

Gourd Plant. Copyright © Serena Kovalosky.

I'm starting to work on larger sculptures, but finding large gourds is becoming a challenge - and shipping is increasingly expensive. So even though I live in the North Country of upstate New York where our short growing season makes it all but impossible to grow oversized gourds, I am determined to try growing my... Continue Reading →

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