{"id":69,"date":"2008-08-23T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/?p=69"},"modified":"2008-08-23T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T16:33:24","slug":"birdhouse-gourds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Birdhouse Gourds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/birdhouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70 \" title=\"Birdhouse Gourd\" src=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/birdhouse.jpg\" alt=\"Birdhouse Gourd\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/birdhouse.jpg 540w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/birdhouse-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/birdhouse-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birdhouse Gourd<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gourds can be a fun addition to any garden. I&#8217;ve discovered they look pretty cool if you stain them:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Wait till the gourd is fully grown, pick it, and hang it up to dry for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>2.) When the gourd has fully dried out, lightly sand the outside with a smooth piece of sand paper.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Paint on your favorite stain (I like cherry), and allow it to dry.<\/p>\n<p>4.) You can optionally add a \u00a0clear coat layer when the stain is dry.<\/p>\n<p>When it is dry, the gourd will look like a really old antique globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gourds can be a fun addition to any garden. I&#8217;ve discovered they look pretty cool if you stain them: 1.) Wait till the gourd is fully grown, pick it, and hang it up to dry for a few weeks. 2.) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=69\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}