:48:02
with cement pipe openings.
:48:05
The opening will let a rabbit enter,
but not a fox.
:48:10
Good idea!
:48:14
What will your rabbits eat?
:48:21
- Here's my answer.
- You'll feed them matches?
:48:33
Are those watermelon seeds?
:48:37
- Are they ''othentics''?
- Authentic? Of course they are.
:48:41
These are authentic
''cucurbite'' seeds from Asia.
:48:45
The plant grows as quickly
as a snake darts out of its hole.
:48:51
In the tropics,
after the rains...
:48:54
these creeping vines
can grow 30 inches a day!
:48:59
Of course,
we're not in the tropics.
:49:03
- Thank God.
- And there's no real rainy season.
:49:05
According to weather statistics...
:49:07
based on the past 50 years
we should have...
:49:13
six days of rain in April,
fiive in May, four in June...
:49:17
two in July and three in August.
:49:21
- That's just an average.
- It sounds about right.
:49:24
Since rainfall is often sporadic...
:49:27
we ought not to expect
this plant's maximum growth.
:49:32
I estimate a reasonable growth
of about six inches a month.
:49:36
Good! You'd have a problem
if they grew any faster.
:49:40
You'd be picking up your squash
by the edge of the village.
:49:44
Good point.
:49:46
I fiigure each plant will yield
about 1 30 pounds of squash.
:49:50
Not bad, but you only have
four seeds.
:49:54
They're hard to get.
Today I have four.
:49:57
But in six months, I'll be eager
to stop their proliferation.