a day in the life of a latvian mom

This year’s experiment is about melons and watermelons.

Usually, people here start them indoors early, carefully growing tiny seedlings on windowsills and protecting them from every cold night. This year… I did not do that.

I simply dropped the melon and watermelon seeds straight into the greenhouse soil and hoped for the best. I started by adding a layer of compost on top of the old greenhouse bed, giving it a bit of fresh life before planting. Then I simply pushed the seeds into the bed in rows, so I would know what is what later, and added labels to keep everything organised.

Maybe they will come up. Or maybe this will become one more gardening lesson.

Last summer certainly tested everyone’s patience. It rained endlessly, the warmth never properly settled in, and honestly, it was not a good melon summer at all. Still, somehow, we managed to grow two melons (in greenhouse).

They were not sweet.
They were not impressive.
They would never win any gardening competition.

But they were ours. And somehow that made them taste better anyway.

So now I wait and watch the greenhouse beds, hoping to see tiny green sprouts appear.

Another experiment begins.

Ilze