Growing luffa is an increasingly-popular way to produce your own sustainable, natural sponges in your backyard. The luffa ...

Luffa gourds are grown predominantly to be natural and sustainable sponges, however, the young fruits can also be harvested ...

Natural loofah sponges actually come from the fruits of vine-growing Luffa plants. These plants are part of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) making them relatives of watermelons, cucumbers and ...

Gourd is the common name for a group of vining plants in the cucurbit family, which includes other plants such as squashes, ...

Paris-based Palestinian designer Samer Selbak has created a collection of lighting made from the luffa plant dyed with ...

You’ll seldom go wrong if you grow plants native to your region, and especially if you choose plants that attract pollinators or feed wildlife. We can’t recommend growing the following trees ...

You can easily germinate the seeds in a soilless growing medium before transferring them into a hydroponics system fitted only with a nutrient-rich solution. The plant is a great source of ...

Plants can be of different sizes, shapes and colours and they can grow in soil like sunflowers or in water like water lilies. But no matter what they look like or where they are, most plants grow ...

What do plants need to grow? Plants are a very important part of our environment because they provide us with oxygen to breathe and food to eat. Plants can be of different sizes, shapes and ...

Companion planting is growing different plants together for their shared benefit. When determining what makes a good companion plant for hydrangeas, it's important to find plants that share ...

So I really started gardening on my windowsill, spending a lot of time growing plants, which I then took to an extreme. You didn’t need curtains in our house, there were so many plants on the ...