Are you tired of hearing (seeing) about our honeydew growing attempt? I hope not! I’m really hoping that we get some edible honeydews! Our sprouts were getting a little too big for their little pots, so we moved them to bigger ones. I’m hoping that they can stay in these pots permanently. We aren’t planning to plant them in the ground because the soil here in southwest Florida is very sandy. If they seem to be struggling as they get bigger, I may try planting one or two of them in the ground and seeing what happens. For now, we wait. Honeydews need 3 months of warm (hot) weather.
To Grow A Honeydew, Continued
About a week ago, my boys planted honeydew seeds. When we checked them today, they had sprouted!
My boys are excited! When they get just a little bigger, we’re re-pot them.
To Grow A Honeydew
I recently realized that I live in the perfect place to grow some of my favorite food. Honeydew? Yes please! Coffee beans? I’ve always wanted to try roasting my own, so why not grow them too? Vanilla beans? I’ve been toying with ordering some so I can make vanilla extract. Growing them would be great! OK, so one thing at a time. Honeydew is first.
Apparently you can grow honeydew from seeds that you get from a store bought melon. I saved a few out of the last one we ate and my boys and I planted them in little pots (from a kids project at Home Depot) in potting soil.
Now we wait and see if they grow.
Downsizing or Less is More
We recently moved from Pennsylvania to Florida. Our house in PA was about 3900 square feet on about an acre of land. It was the last house on a dead-end street and had a nice fenced in yard. Our house in FL has just over 1200 square feet under air and an additional 700 square feet of lanai/porch space. We have about 1/4 acre of land. It was obviously a major downsizing! We knew that our house in PA was really a little too big for us. We had a full finished basement that didn’t get used nearly as much as we thought it would when we bought the house (it was actually a major selling point for us!). We knew living in a smaller space would take some getting used to, but we also knew it would be worth it! Living twenty minutes from the beach would be awesome!
We had two yard sales, gave away some stuff, and took tons of stuff to Goodwill (we even stopped at Goodwill the morning we left to drop off more stuff!) and yet we still managed to fill 26 feet in a U-Pack truck (if you’re looking to move and don’t want to drive a moving truck, I highly recommend ABF!). As we unpacked, we got rid of more stuff! It was amazing the amount of stuff, that was just, well, stuff. It wasn’t important – some of it made us wonder why we had brought it with us. We had given it space on the truck – it cost us money to move it and then we just tossed it. We’ve also come up with enough stuff that we’re having a yard sale this weekend. Absolutely crazy!
I’ve been reading a lot lately about living simpler. There’s something to be said for it! More of my thoughts later…. What are your thoughts? Is less more?
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