Loofah Seed Givaway Ends Today

I can send seed to two more people if they wish. I'll send seed to the next two people who comment they desire so on this post as well. Just be sure to e-mail your mailing info.

To the eight people who would like some loofah seeds (The Quiet Life, Michelle, Tipper, Egghead, Vee, Melba, Ginger, and Betsy): Send your mailing information to me at kbrivero@yahoo.com and I will send them right out.

Plant the seeds in spring in a place where they are free to grow, on a chicken coop, a fence, a trellis, the old bus shell out back.....and you will have plenty of Loofah and seeds of your own. To eat, you harvest at about 8 inches. To use them for sponges, wait until they turn medium brown, peel the skin off, and shake out the seeds. Some people bleach them. I don't see the point. Just leave them out in the hot sun for a while to dry them completely. You can cut the long sponges into shorter lengths or rounds to use for different purposes.

Egghead - You live in a cold climate, so the vine probably would benefit from a head start in a peat pot before setting outside.

The Quiet Life - The seeds will most likely do wonderful in San Antonio.

Ingeborg - I'll have to check how much it would cost to send seeds to Europe. I've never mailed anything outside of the US. If you would like to mail me your info, I will check.

Melba, Ginger and Betsy - I'll give you yours when I see you.

Happy Growing!!!

Loofah Seed and Giveaway.

There are little bowls, jars, packets, and dishes of seed scattered about my house. Seeds are fascinating and beautiful as well as a reminder of the potential that lies within the seed and within ourselves. For good or bad the potential is there.

Luckily for us, these seeds have all good potential. I promise this is not a seed offering to my statue of the goddess of crop fertility. It's just a jar of seeds on my kitchen window sill by my "stern woman" carving.
Here are hundreds and hundreds of seeds I harvested from only a few of these...

Loofahs! And on the vine there are close to 100 more loofahs. Once the loofahs are dry they make the perfect compostable sponges. You can even eat the fruit while it is still very young. Lord knows how many seeds I am going to get overall. So, I would like to share my abundance with you. If you would like some seeds, please leave a comment. I will mail seeds to up to ten people. If I get more than ten comments I will have a drawing. The give away ends on Friday, and I will have the drawing if necessary on Friday.