Luffa gourds, also spelt as loofahs, are a versatile vegetable that you can grow in your kitchen garden. These gourds belong to the same family as cucumbers and can get quite big if provided proper ...

I have been getting a lot of questions lately on how to handle a luffa or loofah gourd to get a usable sponge. Luffa or sponge gourds should be harvested when the outer shell is dry. When you can hear ...

Grow your own bath sponge! Luffa gourds are the familiar bath sponge. Growing your own will keep you entertained all growing season and are great fun for a long time after they are harvested. Peel ...

In this video, I show you how to build a gourd tunnel trellis to grow gourds, luffas, and other climbing vegetables. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se Queensland ...

Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six inches across. In India, young fruit is added to curries. The skin is ...

Growing your own gourds? Follow these tips: - Plant gourds where they will receive a full day’s sun. - Gourd vines are long. Some can reach several hundred feet. Train vines onto fences or trellises ...

BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year -- gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...

Many vegetable gardeners look for new crops or new varieties of crops they have experience growing to add to their garden. And this is the time of year when gardeners start to think about how they ...

BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year. Gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...