What are these, usually in the bottom of the swales.
They look li.ke tomatoes, but are dry and hollow

i have seen these things too...i think they are some kind of wild gourd....charlie

They are indeed a type of gourd. Used to throw them at each other as kids!

We had corncob battles on the dairy farm I grew up on in Ohio

They are maypops. We've got them here in GA, too. The dried vine in the pic helped me identify them.

Passiflora incarnata

https://garden.org/plants/view/78168...ora-incarnata/

SRH

We still like to lob one now and then when walking a cover; you can get some pretty startled reactions :rotf:.