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This reminds me of Ursula Le Guin’s “bag theory”: that the first tool humans developed, was not a weapon which is usually taught, like a spear, but rather, a bag, to carry things: for example for berries we picked. A nice reframe from the violent status quo.
At the art fair by my house is a lady who makes gourd earrings, birdhouses and instruments. She even wears a gourd hat. She grows them all herself. I tried to grow a luffa this year inspired by her. It failed because they are hard to germinate. Next year I’m doing a bottle gourd
Never wear a hat you haven’t grown yourself.
Real baller move. Time to get some sheep so I can make my own wool hats I guess. The gourd hat is more decorative than functional in the winter
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They were also used as personal flotation devices and floats for fishing nets.
I just found my solution to bringing water to a concert without using a shitty plastic bottle.
They make great marlin houses
I kinda want to get a gourd and stencil “Stanley” on the side.
I’m gonna slap a Coach logo on it and make a new purse. Maybe spray paint it black too.
The large number of recipes on the internet seems to suggest that they are actually edible, though?
