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We never intended to be gourd growers. As our daughter says “God gave us gourds!” In 1990 we were growing several acres of tomatoes and bell peppers. We had one row of plastic mulch at the end of transplanting. I rounded up all the garden seeds I had including a “mystery pack” I had received from Gurney’s vegetable catalog. I thought perhaps the plant was a winter squash of some sort; but by the end of the season, the mystery pack revealed itself to be basketball gourds. I was intrigued and the next summer planted a large variety pack of gourd seeds in an old hog lot. The rest as they say is history. I met a local lady who knew about the American Gourd Society, we attended a gourd show in Kentucky, and then my daughter introduced us to the Internet. We are now growing 25 acres of gourds in the field and also have two huge gourd trellises where we grow long handled dipper gourds, Indonesians, and other types of gourds that we want to have straight handles.
We ship gourd birdhouses for the Purple Martin Conservation Association, travel to 6 spring gourd shows, ship gourds internationally, and sell gourds to our visitors to the farm. Gourds have radically changed our lives. We have gourd friends all across the country. I have even been exchanging gourd e-mails with a new grower in Israel. Who could have imagined such a thing?
We have found that Arkansas is a wonderful place to grow our 30+ varieties of gourds. We have the long warm (hot!) summers that gourds love. We have available water to irrigate, and have gourd-friendly soils. We continually try to educate ourselves on methods of growing a quality gourd. It’s a never ending quest. Our goal is to provide a consistent quality product and provide excellent customer service.