It is especially fascinating, joyful, and satisfying when a seedling first pushes through the soil. I never had human children but for me it’s like giving birth. Not the pain, though all the weeding is exhausting, but the wonder of it all. Last week, I dug trenches in the empty raise bed and today, three cantaloupe seedlings had found their way to sunlight.
As a kid, I hated cantaloupe. I don’t recall when I first tasted a sweet and juicy cantaloupe but after that first bite, I was hooked. Before my life got turned upside down in 2022 and I started working in Alaska, I grew the delectable melon. Even when not the sweetest, home grown cantaloupe is the best!
I bought a couple of peach trees over the weekend and while I didn’t expect fruit from them this year, one actually had a little green peach on it. Nolan River Nursery in Cleburne is phenomenal. Our other fruit trees have not been faring so well. I asked why and was told fruit trees need a lot of water. I had always thought that after fruit trees are established, they don’t need constant watering. Time to learn more about fruit tree care.
The peas are doing well as are the squash, tomato, and sweet and jalapeño peppers. While I had hoped we’d get more rain than the rest of Texas from recent storms, we only got .25 inches of rain. So, it looks like I’ll be doing a lot of watering this week.
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