I’ve encountered more surprises from our Birdhouse Gourd vine. The early fruit looks just like a peanut!  Aren’t they cute?

Bird House Gourd Emerging Fruit

The first budding fruit was round, but the newer ones are all shaped like a miniature version of things to come.

Also surprising are the leaves. I’ve been carefully avoiding them, assuming they were rough like the pumpkins but learned as I brushed against one they are as soft as peach fuzz.  What a fun plant!

Peach Fuzz Texture on the Gourd’s Leaves

Budding Flower

Birdhouse Gourd in Full Bloom

Curling Tendril

Do you have any new discoveries in your garden this season? Please share in the comments, below.