The LoofahMoon Garden

The LoofahMoon Garden A garden of loofahs and seeds. Loofahs are fantastically healthy to use in the shower as it stimulat

The loofah fruits from the black seeds are more rough and have deeper lines than those from the white seeds.We have plan...
29/01/2021

The loofah fruits from the black seeds are more rough and have deeper lines than those from the white seeds.

We have planted the white seed loofah plants out but it is as if they are not quite settled and therefore are not bearing fruits yet.

A few of my favorite thing Part 316. Coriander leaves17. The care a spider takes when spinning its webThis garden mostly...
29/01/2021

A few of my favorite thing Part 3

16. Coriander leaves
17. The care a spider takes when spinning its web

This garden mostly created, maintained and run by Aidan, inpires and teaches me all the tricks and care I need to know when starting a garden of my own. The experience and knowledge gained is priceless.

A few of my favorite things (Part 2) 6. Fairy fennel7. Butternut leaves8. Aloes9. A plant I need the name of but with be...
29/01/2021

A few of my favorite things (Part 2)

6. Fairy fennel
7. Butternut leaves
8. Aloes
9. A plant I need the name of but with beautiful leaves
10. Large tomatoes growing
11. Purple lettuce
12. Purple basil
14. Newly harvested garlic
15. The shape of spanspek leaves

A few of my favorite things (Part 11. Cherry guavas2. Bird's eye chilliea3. New baby pawpaw!4. The fist heartshapes form...
29/01/2021

A few of my favorite things (Part 1

1. Cherry guavas
2. Bird's eye chilliea
3. New baby pawpaw!
4. The fist heartshapes forming on the pawpaw tree
5. Green pepper

When I planted the small loofah plants, it was on a quite windy part of our hill, so I protected the little plants from ...
08/01/2021

When I planted the small loofah plants, it was on a quite windy part of our hill, so I protected the little plants from the wind by putting beer crates around them. Later, I planted stronger ones in the same row without putting beer crates for protection. The interesting thing is that the plants without protection grabbed onto the net immediately whereas those with protection simply started growing around the crates and on the ground. Here you can see the ones which didn't grab onto the net (Photo 1 and 2 - I've now removed the crates to see what they will do) and the ones that grabbed on from the start (Photo 3 and 4). The last photo is a new function for our Christmas tree. It will be full of loofah leaves soon.

So my lesson: plants will protect themselves. That is what they do.

Eventually! They found and grabbed onto the shade net. Can't wait for the loofahs to appear. We sell seeds with an adde...
03/01/2021

Eventually! They found and grabbed onto the shade net. Can't wait for the loofahs to appear.

We sell seeds with an added instruction card on how easy it is to grow these babies. The plants make you smile when you see them climb and the actual loofah has so many benefits - cleaning pots and tough greasy spots, a shower spunge which exfoliates your skin and make for great cases.

I love Loofah leaves. They give the feeling of a faerie forest. The first plant from the black loofah seed has come to l...
25/12/2020

I love Loofah leaves. They give the feeling of a faerie forest. The first plant from the black loofah seed has come to life.

A not-so-baby marrow from our garden. Nyam! I absolutely love eating from our garden and look forward to the day where w...
11/12/2020

A not-so-baby marrow from our garden. Nyam! I absolutely love eating from our garden and look forward to the day where we don't have to go to the shop for anything other than milk and meat. And biltong.

Our very first loofah we found last year. Our first plant produced 13 of these babies. Looking forward to the produce of...
07/12/2020

Our very first loofah we found last year. Our first plant produced 13 of these babies. Looking forward to the produce of the 40 loofah plants we planted last month!

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In the beginning we planted two seeds per pot in case one does not grow. It turned out that all grew. We then removed th...
30/11/2020

In the beginning we planted two seeds per pot in case one does not grow. It turned out that all grew. We then removed the weakest loofah plant from the pot and left the other to grow. Or so I thought. The other admin of our LoofahMoon Garden overlooked a few pots 😏 so now I've turned it into an experiment to see the fighting spirit of loofah plants and planted them out together.

Loofah planting day. At first we plant the loofahs in loose soil mixed with red sand in small pots. When they are big en...
30/11/2020

Loofah planting day. At first we plant the loofahs in loose soil mixed with red sand in small pots. When they are big enough we transplant them into the ground. I have planted loofahs right around our fence where there are loads of different types of soil. From rocky, to clay-y, to very wet soil right next to the river. Over the next few weeks we will see which grows best.

From seed to the first little luffa appearing on the vines! The plants have two different flowers. One is a male cluster...
29/11/2020

From seed to the first little luffa appearing on the vines! The plants have two different flowers. One is a male cluster of flowers that pollinate the individual larger flowers which then turn into the loofah fruits. It has taken about two months to establish and will only properly start climbing in a few weeks. They will then start producing between 10 and 30 fruit on the vines which can grow up to 15 meters long. This is why luffas need a strong structure to climb on as the fruit can get very heavy.

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