Sadhvi
Every year, I like to pick one plant to grow in my summer garden that is different, an ”exotic”, just so I can experience the taste of that particular fruit or vegetable right off the vine. So growing next to the usual tomatoes, swiss chard, lettuce, basil, carrots, beets, fennel and figs, this year’s “exotic” is a cantaloupe called Hearts of Gold. I love that name, and found the seeds in my local health food store from a local seed seller, called Sow True Seed. And yes, I do believe in buying local!
I plant everything based on the planting guide of Maria Thun’s BioDynamic calendar. I cannot imagine gardening without it. I even get my hair cut according to this calendar! If you don’t know about this, you really should try it because it really does make a difference.
So growing vertically along the fence that surrounds my raised beds was the cutest plant with yellow flowers that became little baby rounds that soon in this record-breaking summer heat became heavy and firm cantaloupes. I was thrilled to watch them grow, I was thrilled to bring it in when it fell from the vine into my hands, and I was thrilled to taste it…it was like eating warm sunbeams with a sweet taste and heavenly aroma. Ahh, summer!
Sadhvi's First Cantalope
