Hanging Gourd Garden 2.0
Gourd vines climbing up the trellis in the hanging garden
The warm weather kicked the gourd plant’s growth into overdrive. One plant already crossed the supports over the raised bed and made it the trellises. As a result, I had to hurry up and pull last year’s gourds down before they got buried under fresh vines.
Now that I’m done, I’ve got a wheelbarrow full of assorted dry gourds and another 15 green ones hanging on the fence to cure.
For this year’s hanging garden, in addition to the bottle, canteen and dipper gourds from last year, I added luffas to the mix. They’re a little behind the others in terms of growth, but I have no doubt they’ll catch up in a couple weeks.
Come mid-summer this should be a leafy, shady oasis in the desert heat.
August 2020
A Hanging Gourd Garden in the Making
Earlier this summer I trellised the gourds to keep them from invading the vegetable garden. Now I have a hanging gourd garden that's filling in beautifully and providing shade for lettuce in an area that usually bakes in the summertime.
November 2019
Photo of the Day: Bowl Gourds
Gourds are cool. Not only do the vines look nifty [keep reading...]
October 2019
Photo of the Day: A bathtub’s worth of luffa sponges
A couple years ago I planted some luffas, which proceeded [keep reading...]
July 2017
Grow your own all natural luffa sponges
Forget those $6 all natural luffa sponges from the store. It's super easy to grow a whole bathtub's worth for less than $2 (they're even edible!). Here's how:
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