Growing Food in a Drought: Wax Melon
Growing food in a drought is easier than it seems if you start out with the right variety of edible plant!
As a Houston gardener I start my warm season garden not knowing whether we will have a drought summer or a hurricane summer. Either extreme can be detrimental to my plants, and I have to prepare for both circumstances in advance.
In this episode I show off my favorite food crop, Giant Bullethead Wax Melon (a.k.a. Wax Gourd, a.k.a. Ash Gourd). This episode was filmed over 2 growing and harvesting seasons, about 18 months with year 1 being a rainier year and year 2 being a hot, drought year. This food crop performed incredibly well in both weather outcomes, and I received between 100-150 pounds of food from a couple vines both for each harvest year.
I love using this gourd in a classic Wax Melon dish, Kumbalanga Curry.
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