With such lovely weather yesterday, gardening has been on my mind.
I found this post as I was going through some of my older ones...
Yesterday, we were hanging some clothes out on the line (yes, it has been that nice!) and I noticed one of my, what I thought, ruined luffas. They got so big and lovely but then it got cold before they hardened on the vine. I was utterly disappointed because I got them from a dear lady in Australia. So I went to pick it up and throw it into the compost pile... when what do my wandering eyes spy?
The outer layer is partly peeled to show that, YES! I believe I can save these!!!!
I start pulling off that outer layer, I find all kinds of seeds and a beautiful, although somewhat dirty sponge.
I immediately went traipsing through the garden picking up all that I could find and ended up with 2 buckets full of sponges soaking and plenty of seeds!!
WOOHOO!
Score!
Today if the rain holds off I will lay the soaked sponges in the sun to dry out and then they will be ready for use!
I guess now it is time for me to try my hand at soap-making. :) You can't grow a nice sponge like this and not make some handmade soap to go with it.
Have a great day my friends and I hope you have some wonderful surprises as well!
My Cup Runneth Over...
Chas
Ohhh! I bought some Luffa seeds this year to plant. I am so excited about them! I am thinking about starting them indoors Mid-April. So about a month indoors before weather gets warm, then I want to plant them as a screen for my back patio. It sounds like you let yours grow on the ground, I have heard others use a trellis of some sort. I was thinking about cattle panels... I guess trial and error!
ReplyDeleteSarah... I didn't really know just how wild they would get. I did have a trellis, but not NEARLY big enough. Once I plant them this year I will be using some type of heavy duty fence or trellis. They get big and heavy. Just so you know. :)
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ReplyDeleteI so didn't know that a luffa could be grown from seed! That's so cool.
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