He is waiting for us in the garden with his proud mustache of an organic market gardener, Jacky Mercier at Frontenay sur Dive remembers the year 1976. A distant time for many but which is still very present in his memory.
It was a heat wave and we had sown the melons directly in the ground, mulched of course. When sown, they are more resistant to hot weather. But you have to mulch!
What soil do melons need? The clay-limestone soil which does not retain too much water is favorable. Do not soak the melon stalks.
Advice, calendar: listen again here.
Thanks to Jacky Mercier for his usual generosity.