GOURD TUNNEL UPDATE

This is working out really well so far!

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I'll start off with the video tour of it, just to give the video folks a head start. Ultimately, I really like this way of growing gourds so far and plan on building more of these! Check it out!

GOURD TUNNEL UPDATE VLOG

CHECK OUT HOW QUICKLY THEY GREW

After building this trellis AKA "Gourd Tunnel" a bit back, the plants are happy to use as much of it as they can. On the west side I planted Snake Gourds and on the east side is the Bottle "Birdhouse" Gourds. We like the Birdhouse Gourds because they really do make good birdhouses. Natural arts and crafts are a great time anyway, and when the @little-peppers are around and growing, they are all the better!

The Snake Gourds will be used primarily as a food source, but we will also be growing some just for size and also to save seeds. A few, like the one in the photo above, are already forming. At night we can even see the flowers blooming, and they are beautiful, large, and white! I've actually never eaten these before, but I'm looking forward to trying them this year.

As you can see, they are already over the top of my trellis, and still going. They should eventually cover the top of this tunnel and begin to hang down their ripe fruit. It'll be like a drive-thru, only you get to walk through. This part of experimenting and exploring possibilities in our garden and food supply! Nothing like good, old fashioned edible creativity!

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

proof-of-the-gourd-tunnel

Until next time…

GIF provided by @anzirpasai

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