by Texas Homesteader ~
Many gardeners wonder how to tell when a garden watermelon is ripe. Luckily there are several indications to let you know when the time is right to pick that perfectly-ripe, sweet, juicy watermelon.
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Did you know that young, tender luffa is actually edible??!! Yep, it’s a delicious, tender, and surprisingly pest-free substitute for zucchini in the garden.
That’s right, if you harvest your young luffa when they’re only about 5” long they’re very similar in taste and texture to a zucchini squash. No, really!
by Texas Homesteader ~
Our homestead is located in Northeast Texas. There are lots of native things growing all by themselves here that provide for us with no effort needed except the harvesting. Gotta love foraging for free food, right??
By Texas Homesteader ~
I love to grow luffa gourds (some spell it loofah) in my garden. There are so many things you can do with these large gourds! Recently I harvested a large crop of luffa from the garden and decided to make a flat scrubby luffa kitchen sponge with some of them.
But how do I take this large fibrous gourd and make it into a hard-working scrub sponge? Well you’re really not gonna believe how easy this is!
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Black gold, gardeners delight, compost – it’s all the same thing. And making your own compost is simple.
But how do you make compost? What can be composted and what cannot? What kind of container do you put it in?
There are lots of different answers and methods to those questions. Let’s start with the container.
By Texas Homesteader ~
Coriander is a delicious spice to use in your cooking. I grow and preserve coriander from my garden each year for FREE! Find out how.
