tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post7673349909859934668..comments2021-03-03T01:54:37.360-05:00Joan Lambert Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-84208994958349216602011-10-06T03:28:39.399-04:002011-10-06T03:28:39.399-04:00There is a portable version (see cucumber post for this season), but yes, storage is the tricky part. At least you've got a good harvest!Joan Lambert Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-43375592768692942592011-09-23T22:20:38.083-04:002011-09-23T22:20:38.083-04:00What a great idea. We are getting so many plants eaten in our community garden this year. If there was a way to make this portable (i.e. put it up, take it down) because we can't leave items in our community garden past the gardening season, this would be perfect (except for finding a way to store it).bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-22619250534978450002011-09-22T18:46:54.370-04:002011-09-22T18:46:54.370-04:00Those are beautiful. (Just looked them up.) A fellow up the road grows snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina, I think) and they climb up his trellis, over the fence, and fill a tree in his garden. They are freakishly beautiful. He doesn't eat them, but just grows them for show.Joan Lambert Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-89890061957705111642011-09-20T04:43:21.791-04:002011-09-20T04:43:21.791-04:00I've done something similar with chilacayote (Cucurbita ficifolia), the most vigorous squash that will grow in Britain. It will climb up trees, even in our cool climate and the head sized squashes look beautiful, although they must surely be a serious danger to people walking underneath. The RHS garden at Rosemoor have used a weld mesh arch to grow chilacayote in the past - very impressive.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139[email protected]