Chris' alternate post title: Disappointment
Last night we had cold front roll through that dropped 0.25" of rain and carried with it some strong winds. This morning a survey of the damage included most of the Mexican Sunflowers, our monster basil plants, and a few other items in the raised bed garden area.
Chris spent this afternoon cleaning up and began cutting the tomatoes back (each year around this time we kind of give up on them and the fruit flies move in). We planted a 'Moon & Stars' heirloom watermelon vine that spread all over the side behind the raised beds, but never saw any fruit. We figured there would be some when we cleaned up behind the raised beds.
Yep. Two to be exact.
Chris brought them inside and cut them open; one watermelon was underripe (my fault?), and the other was watery. Bummer. This variety was supposed to be flavorful...but I don't think this vine had the right cultural conditions. Oh well, next year!
1. 'Moon & Stars' Watermelon, 2. With Action!, 3. Well, it looks good, 4. Jake likes watermelon
Oct 4, 2008
October Watermelon
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3 comments:
Geez, sorry about the bummer melon harvest. We don't even bother with those in Seattle, not enough heat or long enough growing season. Good luck next year, maybe with a different seed variety? PS I used to know a dog who loved watermelon, especially the rinds! Funny.
Well, at least Jake was happy!
One of our local growers for one of the CSAs mentioned something akin to - if we raised only heirlooms, you'd be hungry. They can be tricky if raised outside of their standard planting climate/time. I've learned the hard way also.
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