My Square Watermelon

Here is a little clip about an island boy coming to a big Canadian city and getting facinated with indoor gardening. 

Last day I began talking about the root of my square watermelon story.  How to grow square watermelons was not invented until decades later, but many events happened that I believe is all part of my curiosity about how things can be done a little differently to make it more fun and entertaining.

When I came to Montreal to study, the planting and nurturing instincts were still very much part of me.  I learned indoor planting and was introduced to new types of plants and fruits. 

I am not quite sure about others, but planting out-doors is very different than growing things in-doors,  With indoor gardens or plants you must take into consideration lighting, position of the room to maximize sunlight, dryness in the atmosphere, etc.

What was certain is that I was fascinated by the wide varieties of plants and flowers (although I’m not very much into flower gardening).  I experimented with many – spider plants, philodendrons, jade plants, bird of paradise, sensitive plants (a weed in the tropics but a wonder in colder climes), etc.

My interests in planting went up a couple notches because I was fascinated by the growing of new wonder plants.  As a student, I had a lot of tough text books to read for school (my major was math and science) but having access to gardening and plant books lightened reading and made it enjoyable.

Of course, reading about indoor gardens, new techniques, different plants (even trees), is enough to stir the creative and imaginative juices.  Even the thought that I could grow a coconut palm tree in an apartment was possible.  That’s the topic of my next post. 

’til then…

Maurice | Grow Your Own Square Watermelon