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  • Luffa sponge for your carbon neutral backyard rasta garden

    Sunday, November 25th, 2007

    Luffa Sponge
    Luffa cylindrica Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa acutangula
    Family: Cucurbitaceae
    The smooth Luffa is also known as the vegetable sponge or dishcloth gourd. A rapidly growing annual climber with a large fruit containing small black seeds.
    A member of the cucurbit family ie. cucumbers, pumpkins and melons it trails around the garden and need something to climb […]

    How to make compost for your rasta garden and grow your own food

    Sunday, November 25th, 2007

     
    Produced through the decay of organic matter, compost or humus, is the most efficient and practical fertilizer known to man. It restores valuable nutrients to worn out soil and transforms a barren and unproductive piece of land into a lush garden plot.
    Composting is ecological. Long used by organic farmers and gardeners, it provides […]