1.0Indiana Yard and Garden - Purdue Consumer Horticulturehttps://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgardenRosie Lernerhttps://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/author/rosie/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Q8viO4hQlL"><a href="https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/harvesting-and-preserving-gourds/">Harvesting and Preserving Gourds</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/harvesting-and-preserving-gourds/embed/#?secret=Q8viO4hQlL" width="600" height="338" title="“Harvesting and Preserving Gourds” — Indiana Yard and Garden - Purdue Consumer Horticulture" data-secret="Q8viO4hQlL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> While gourds are often a part of today’s Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations, they date back to 2200 B.C., making them among the oldest cultivated plants in history. Since the times of the Egyptian tombs, their shells have been used as dippers or containers for grain storage; other types are edible when young and tender. The term “gourd” is most correctly applied to the hard-shelled members of the vine crops known as cucurbits and includes plants...Read more about [Read More]