Next years garden

hi Grandpa Bob my dad used to do that every fall, save
watermelon and muskmelon seeds for the next summer.
they always did so well too . I hated it when I had
to help shuck dried corn to get the kernels off as
it made my hands so sore.ugh.

My husband did not want me to start a garden. All I could do was to throw things on the compost pile and hope they sprouted, so I also got a tomato plant and I did get a few raspberries and loads of apples that I did not need. But now he is disabed, and in a power wheelchair, so I think when spring comes, I am going to get someone to drive me down to Roma and get a couple of boxes, some top soil and dirt and have a container gardens. I do love Italian food and I find it is hard to buy fresh herbs at our grocery store.

I save some of my beans for the next year, but my scarlet runners didn't do well at all this year, so I guess I'll be saving all of those for planting, none for soup. The yellow wax beans were great, though, and I've saved some for seeds, but a few are still producing for my culinary pleasure.

hahahaha I have dried seeds out before but then forget about them then end up throwing them away later on. If I gardened like you did it would be different, I would not forget about them maybe.

Hi GRANDPA BOB,


They sure look and just think, you'll lovely delicious water melon again next yesr, brilliant.


Tamara

Unfortunately my garden didn't fair very well. Most of the tomatoes had blight, the zucchini didn't produce fruit, the cukes were pitiful. The only thing that we got a good harvest from was the green and wax beans and the carrots. Hopefully our next attempt at gardening will be more prosperous.

Funny enough I used to live in BC (Canada) and as I'm sure you know we never get cold winters like in Alberta and Saskatchewan and in fact we grow fruit in BC, so obviously we have really hot weather and gardening is in great supply. I did several times try to grow from my own seeds and not even once did it work for me. I find your post most interesting in the fact that I am quite sure after reading your post after all this time I believe I know what I did wrong, plain and simple I didn't dry the seeds for long enough. Thank You as usual Grandpa Bob.

I've done this in the past: watermelon, cantilope, beans, gourds. I've never tried it with smaller seeds but one year took a cherry tomatoe at the end of the season planted it in potting soil in the house and had tomatoes for Christmas:) not many and they were small but it was fun:)

Wow grandpa Bob, you seem to have a very good home garden and grow most fruits. I feel j!! I live in a metro city and space is a constraint here. I do have some pots but most of them are seasonal and by the time season is over, I feel depressed and the very thought of planting a new plant for the new season makes me back off from the idea. We have a small nursery for plants here just beside our building and it is quite a view from my bedroom window. Diffrent flowers bloom every day and I love watching them.

hi GrandpaBob that sounds great. Means you are satisfied with the watermelons you harvested and will try again next year.
We dont even have a garden but I bet my husband would do that too if he could rent a garden patch.
have a great weekend.