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July 21st First Gourd Flower!I now understand how someone can become obsessed over a plant and turn it into a livelihood! I just found a website today of a gourd farm where they produce 375,000 gourds per year. It's in California so they certainly a growing season advantage over me however...I have a flower! It's a male flower so I still have to wait for the females to be produced before I can work my paintbrush magic at dusk. 
The trellis on July 20th ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) 
Male gourd flower July 21st ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) The veggie garden is very green and bushy now. My tomatoes exploded in size, I just have to get out there to trim out the suckers. The runner beans are in full beautiful bloom. We've been eating snap and snow peas for a week now and since it's been really cool here the lettuce and spinach has lasted and not wilted or bolted. Next week I suspect we'll have 20 zucchini (neighbours, look out!) and a couple of raspberries ripened the other day. Summer eating is here! This blog entry has been viewed 455 times
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I didn't realise that a male gourd flower could look so pretty. Congratulations on your first one!!!
Like your trellis. What a pretty pic with the vines growing up it. Login or register to leave a comment. |
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