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| Our "figure it out as you go" gourd project. |
We made a bridge with 4"x2"x48" wire fencing and put some metal fence posts (T-Post) in the ground to support it, then we placed a couple of wood lathes on top of the posts to keep the fencing from sliding down the posts. This was a figure it out as you go project. Then we planted the gourds from seed on each side of the fencing.
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| Tomato Cage Gourd |
We also planted gourds using some old tomato cages and support poles. Whatever you have laying around will work - use your imagination. Looking back now I think I could've just planted them along the fence and let them grow up the fence.
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| Growing... |
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| Gourds send out a lot of runners. |
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| Holding on! |
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| Growing... |
Ok, this is the last good picture I have, after this I lost control of the garden. There are tomatoes and vines trailing everywhere. I'm afraid I'm going to step on a snake when I go in there - it's crazy!
Here are some current pics of the gourds.
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| John's hand on the Bushel Basket Gourd. |
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| My lovely hand on the Apple Gourd. |
You can't really see the total chaos in my garden by the above pics so I took a few just so you know I'm not fibbing.
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| Chaos in the garden! |
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| Gourds taking over the melon fence. |
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| Tomatoes - I'm afraid I'll find a body in there in the fall. |
I'm calling this my experimental garden year. I'm learning a lot about where to put things, how to read seed packages, what will and won't work in this climate and how to safely kill bugs without compromising my fruit. Hopefully each year the garden will get bigger and better.
Anyone want some tomatoes?
