Use round gourds for salad bowls or vases, oval gourds make great bird houses.
Gourds take one week to dry after pulp is scooped out.
Lucy Capdeboscq has wonderful escarole, a favorite ingredient in Italian dishes. Try a seasonal delight from Riverside Pasta. Another cool season favorite, Siberian Kale, is available from the Arnone's who returned to the Market last weekend after the long, hot summer. Monica M. Lear, Ph.D., Assoc. County Agent, Orleans Parish of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service of the LSU Agricultural Center.