Our melon saga continues as told to me by Mary
According to Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Catalog these melons are “legendary,” were originally introduced in 1926 and “rediscovered in Macon, Missouri” and are “one of the most popular heirloom varieties.” Who knew? All I did was buy a pack of seeds at Walmart! The funny thing is that I’ll bet dollars to donuts here at next year’s fair there will be more than just me bringing those big babies in. I had at least 3 people to whom I gave melons personally contact me and say that the melon I gave them was the best they had ever eaten. It will be fun to see if other people plant them. I’ll feel like I started something in our little valley.
Living here is an adventure. Today we were without electricity for 14 hours in 32 degrees of cold with a furious snowstorm blowing outside…white out conditions most of the afternoon. I had a big fire in our fireplace all day!! On November 20th, inauguration day, we also lost our electricity for 12 hours. If it wasn’t for our generator, we wouldn’t have seen any of the festivities. Today I didn’t start up the generator. The problem is that we are totally surrounded by the Tonto National Forest and some incredibly rough country…Hell’s Gate Wilderness, Madazal (sp!) Wilderness. If you want to know what I mean, look for a satellite view of Young on Map Quest. You’ll see nothing but this little spot of a town surrounded by nothing but dark green forest as far as the eye can see. We are truly isolated.
Well, nice to hear from you. February is my month to prune fruit trees and spray them with an oil spray to keep bug-eez away. For the last couple of years we’ve had no fruit due to late frosts and ELK! Unfortunately, they love apples! The good news is that they have never bothered our garden. I’ll keep my fingers crossed about that because if they get in your garden, they will destroy it in one night.
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