... which of course, requires loofah to make! That toy sells for $7.00, and we also sell both natural loofah slices (4 slices) for $1.75, or 4 colored loofah slices for $3.00.
So, as you can imagine... we go through some loofah!
Well, this past year, I actually ran into loofah SEEDS and I was super excited. I live in the suburbs, so while I have a raised garden bed, this really isn't the ideal place for growing a vine-y plant, so I talked to Jim and we planted some loofah seeds at his place!
Below is the current set up for about half the seeds. I say half, because we initially planted them in mounds (as you're supposed to) by fence posts... and then had the genius idea to put up a goat panel with T-posts and mound seeds in front of that. So, we put up two of them, here's how that looks:
And... some pics of loofah sprouting!
These two pics show the loofah when it just had first sprouted. Some of the sprouts now have a couple of the actual vine-y type leaves and are growing! I don't have a pic to show that, of course (haha), but I will put up another post once these have more time to grow.
Hopefully if these grow well and all, I will have some literally home-grown loofah available this late fall / winter. EXCITED!!
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