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The gourd life begins with this grow-your-own utensil

By Linda Geist, MU Extension
Posted 10/6/23

Our ancestors couldn’t go to the hardware store or shopping mall to buy utensils and other household essentials. Instead, they improvised with items found in nature. The dried fruit of several members of the cucumber family proved useful for many purposes, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein.

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