Casualties

I've harvested a number of gourds whose tops started to rot, whose stems dried out and seemed brittle, or they just looked like it was there time. Those gourds are safe and curing in my garage and looking good. But not all the gourds have made it....

Here are two gourds that just fell from my canopy gourden and split open:

I plan to attempt to dry and cure them and cut the skin into medallions I can use in a certain kind of shaker I'd like to make.

To prevent this from happening again, I bunched some of my remaining gourds
(by looping some of the vines over the canopy wires)
and put a basket underneath:

Here are some more casualties that shriveled on the vine:

I harvested them and will try to cure them to be used as medallions also.