{"id":90733,"date":"2009-12-19T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T04:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=136406"},"modified":"2009-12-19T23:37:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T04:37:11","slug":"homemade-gardener%e2%80%99s-loofah-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/90733","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Gardener\u2019s Loofah Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently saw a cool homemade gift idea &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/fea\/home\/stories\/DN-nhg_loofah_1203gd.ART.State.Edition1.2396765.html\">Homemade Gardener&#8217;s Loofah Soap<\/a>. Right now, if you grew loofah last year, and still have some on hand, you can make some of this nifty soap. If you didn&#8217;t grow loofah last year this is a good gift to plan for in 2010. To make the soap you just need some simple supplies &#8211; <span><span>essential oils, glycerin soap, raw loofah, four-count foil muffin pans, jute rope, a slow cooker and a disposable slow-cooker liner. See how to make this soap at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/fea\/home\/stories\/DN-nhg_loofah_1203gd.ART.State.Edition1.2396765.html\">Dallas News<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136407\" src=\"http:\/\/images1.blisstree.com\/files\/2009\/12\/grow-your-own-loofah.png\" alt=\"grow your own loofah\" width=\"590\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Now as for the loofah. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.localharvest.org\/luffa-sponge-seed-C3379\">grow loofah from seeds<\/a>, but you need to start soon after the last frost. Loofah can take a long time to germinate and needs around 180 warm climate days to thrive. Starting them in pots far ahead of the final frost to get a nice jump start on the season can be the best plan. You can sow loofah seeds directly into the ground if you live in a warmer climate. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>An entire tutorial (including images) on growing your own loofah can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luffa.info\/index.htm\">Luffa.info<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[image via Wikimedia Commons]<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/homemade-gardeners-loofah-soap\/\">Homemade Gardener&#8217;s Loofah Soap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently saw a cool homemade gift idea &#8211; Homemade Gardener&#8217;s Loofah Soap. Right now, if you grew loofah last year, and still have some on hand, you can make some of this nifty soap. If you didn&#8217;t grow loofah last year this is a good gift to plan for in 2010. To make the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}