Dried Gourd Availability
Be sure to call my cell phone ( 636-387-2695 ) prior to coming to be sure I plan to be at the farm when you arrive.
Lakeview Farms is not currently set up to package and ship gourds so if you live outside of the St. Louis, MO metro area click here for a list of other gourd farms that are set up to ship dried gourds out of their area.
| click blue link below for larger pictures of both decorated and undecorated gourds | Use | Price at the Farm |
Supply as of 18 August, 2022 |
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| African Wine Kettle |  |
Santa Claus, Shekere African Bead Drums | $7 to 26 | sold out |
| Apple Gourd |  |
Teacher Gifts, bird feeders, boxes, and bowls. A very hard shelled gourd. | $2.00 | excellent supply |
| Basketball |  |
Used for bowls and baskets, lamps and lamp shades, permanent jack-O-lanterns, globes | $3-6 | we have a goof sized crop available in the smaller sizes |
| Bushel |
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bowls and drums | $4 to $8 | Our modest 2021 crop is now available |
| Giant Bushel |  |
Used for bowls and sewing baskets | $7 to 26 | sold out |
| Cannonball |  |
Small bowls, lidded containers, and stacked snowballs/cannonballs | $1.50 | excellent supply of 2020 & 2021 harvested gourds available |
| Canteen |
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decorated purses, shallow bowls, lidded boxes | $2 to 8 | A excellent supply of our 2021 crop is now available |
| Caveman's Club / Maranka |  |
Birdhouses & Masks. This is a very thick and tough gourd | $2 to 4 | sold out |
| Chinese Bottle |
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$1 to $3 | just a few smaller Chinese Bottle are left--kettle gourds (listed below) are a good alternative | |
| Dipper |
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ladles & birdhouses | $3 | Sold out |
| Egg (soft shell) |  |
limited usage due to very thin shell | $0.50 | sold out |
| Hawaiian Dance Mask |
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Hawaiian Dance Mask---NEW FOR 2020 A relatively thin shelled gourd so care is needed when cutting. |
$2 to $5 | sold out |
| Indonesian Bottle |
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Birdhouses, Shekere African Bead Drums and more. A very thick, hard shell gourd. | $2 to $7 | Good supply. |
| Italian Snake (soft shell) |
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limited usage due to thin shell | $3 | sold out |
| Kettle Gourd |
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$2 to $5 | Excellent supply in the medium to smaller size range is available | |
| Large Kettle Gourd |
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Used for bowls and drums | $7 to $26 | one 17 inch gourd from the 2019 crop managed to survive. Unfortunately, sun+rain stress cracking is evident on the upper 1/3 of the gourd. |
| Martin House |
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Birdhouses, bowls, lidded containers. A very thick walled gourd ! | $2 to $5 | Excellent crop
still remains. The 2021
crop will be dried and available for sale in mid to late April 2022. |
| Mexican Bottle |
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A very versatile smaller gourd ! |
$1 to $3 | Just a few dried gourds left for sale. Mexican Water Bottle(below) are a good alternative |
| Mexican Water Bottle |
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Mexican Water bottle gourd--NEW FOR 2020 (a larger version of the above) |
$2 to $5 | An excellent selection of Dried gourds in various sizes is now available for sale |
| Mini Nigerian Bottle |  |
Jewelry, mini vase, and Christmas Tree Ornaments | $0.50 | excellent supply |
| Penguin (soft shell) |
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When a crafter adds eyes and a painted tuxedo, this gourd is a perfect penguin. More commonly used for rattles, vases, and butterfly houses. This very thin shelled gourd is best used "as is" | $1.50 | almost all of our 2020 crop is dry and has been moved in from the field and available for sales. |
| Sennari |
 This
small
gourd can be highly variable in shape |
A Japanese mini bottle about 3½" tall and 2" in diameter. Useful for jewelry and ornaments | $.70 | A super, bumper crop of dried gourds from the 2019 planting is available for sale |
| Speckled Swan |  |
Ducks, Geese, Swan, and birdhouses. This is a thinner shell gourd about 1/8" thick. | $2 to 4 | one or two gourds left |
| Large Drum Gourd |
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Used for bowls and drums | $7 to $26 | sold out |