I have two mounds with 7 or 8 plants, just starting to flower.
They grow along the ground so far, and I've mulched beneath
the vines with wood chips wherever they wander.
But you say you constructed a trellis for them. I'm wondering
now if I should be doing that, rather than letting them grow
along the ground, in case you are an expert on these things.
I've never grown melons or squash or any of these big
viney fruits before. They're going crazy in my garden,
by which I mean, abundant. Any advice is welcome.
Your post was lovely and vivid. When things like that
happen I try to be happy, for example, for the raccoons -- that
they had such a wonderful feast, how much they must
have enjoyed themselves. It's a way of making myself
feel better, learned from the movie Pollyanna.
In the middle of trouble, find something to be glad about.
There's always good, no matter what. Find it.
When I focus solely on the losses & grim prospects,
all the crimes and injustices and terrors, it entirely
fills my field of vision until I no longer want to live.
It's like sitting in a dark room looking at a dead
fish on a beautiful day.
The thing about the watermelons is that more will grow,
next year, the year after. Where they came from, more
can come. It's the same for us.
The good that can power a human life, and change
our world, comes from a bottomless well inside of us, each
and every one of us. Thieves can not steal it. Time can not
spoil it, no more than darkness can extinguish light. The
human spirit can't be eaten stolen or corrupted.. only
overlooked, ignored.
Imagine a watermelon vine that keeps growing from the
earth, whenever a seed is planted. No matter how many
times it's eaten, it will grow again and keep on growing.
That's what we have.
We can forget about the garbage, go back to the garden,
don't worry about raccoons, plant more watermelons.
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