Just past the end of the patio, and next to the bodega where the garden starts is a narrow spit of land. This spit of land is available for planting - it borders both the bodega and the walkway just before the garden opens up. In this spit of land I have tried several different plantings trying to find what works. I had a 'flor de campana' which I liked very much it was tall'ish, full and almost always had flowers. What this also meant was that it was always shedding flowers, that ended up in the pool. Tom don't like stuff in the pool.
So I removed that and put in a jicara. When I got this jicara it was in a 12oz plastic cup. It is now about 12 feet high, AND I now have my first jicaras; 2 jicaras in fact.
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| here you can also see the work being done for an irrigation system installation, that will be a separate post! |
Jicaras are used all over the place for all sorts of things. They were originally utilitarian, used as bowls, cups, scoops, storage vessels.
They are now also used as decorative pieces.
a few years ago I was gifted a green jicara fruit. I researched on the internet and attempted to cure the gourd myself. I was successful at eviscerating the gourd and drying it, although my attempt to cut it was not so successful; I did crack it. It was a smelly and tedious process. So will I process these myself or gift them to a carver, hmmm, who knows, - sounds like another blog post to me!