Someday in the distant future, there is going to be a very confused archeologist.

Thats really sweet, thanks for sharing

My dad grew gourdes. One of the happiest pictures I have of him late in life is him standing on the porch, surrounded by gourdes hanging to dry. I have three of his goudes. I also have one of his loufas.

What a delightful way to go!

Love the whole thing. How big was the gourd? (I gather it held the ashes?)

Among other things.

The gourd is used traditionally to administer enemas. Along the upper Congo River an enema apparatus is made by making a hole in one end of the gourd for filling it, and using a resin to attach a hollow cane to the gourd's neck.[52]

which sounds... splintery...

Why do you think we say "stoned off his gourd"?

And in a pinch, dongs.

Why would ancient humans have bothered growing bong gourds when they could have just punched holes in empty beer cans instead?

And resistance. Pottery tends to break easily, organic material is more resistant to most types of mechanical stress.

You have an accent aggue on your name, so I'm inclined to believe you, but so do I. I I don't know how much authority it really imbues. Can you be trusted?

also carries water much better than a basket

I saw bucketloads of blackberries growing down in the trees behind the park the other week. But as water with decreased nanoplastic contamination levels continues to become scarce in as many accessible places throughout nearly every system in our environment, Gourd is Good for keeping a filtered fitty (50 fl. ounces) of crystal clear lectrolyzed gulpers on hand in a pinch. It may even prove itself to be Great again, who knows!

You can even eat the luffa before it gets too old and fiberous.

Some fun facts: Grover Krantz, the originator of the concept of human persistence hunting (which Wikipedia labels "conjecture"), was better-known as a staunch advocate for the existence of Bigfoot (there is of course no such thing as Bigfoot - it's obviously a Yeti in a gorilla suit). Interestingly, he didn't propose it as an explanation for bipedality, one of the unique characteristics of the human lineage, but rather as an explanation for our big brains, speculating that bigger brains would allow persistence hunters to survive a large fraction of their brain neurons dying from the heat stress that would result from long-distance running during the day.

For apparently no reason, Krantz' skeleton and that of his favorite dog are on display at the Smithsonian.

tons of purple around the world still eat it.

I wonder what the other colors eat.

I was surprised to see them called inedible. The young gourds are tender and taste like squash.

Never wear a hat you haven't grown yourself.

I'm growing bird houses and luffa! Get another pack of luffa seeds. Mine are 2 or 3 years old and almost every one has sprouted. This year I just stuck 'em in the ground.

Be aware! Once they get rolling they can grow nearly 1' a day!

I'm gonna slap a Coach logo on it and make a new purse. Maybe spray paint it black too.