I have not done a good job at posting my harvest results or keeping track of them. The watermelon count so are is probably around 20+ picked. The largest watermelon so far as been a Moon & Stars at around 28 pounds. There appear to 4 varieties: sugar baby, sweetheart (cross with sugar baby), ultra (that turned out not to be seedless), and moon & stars. The sugar baby melons has turned out well with every one picked being ripe.
I have given away 10 melons so far. Five to people at work, four to relatives, and one to a friend.
Cycling has been taking up my spare time as I try to get in better shape. After riding for a while I am feeling better and my legs are getting stronger.
A blog of the photographs of Michael Popp who resides in an area around Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Click on the pictures to make them larger.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
I Think a Deer Slept on My Biggest Melon Plant
I visited the melon patch today and the melons are getting big. My biggest melon (possibly > 25 lbs) is a moon & stars but it looks like something mashed down the plant. Some of the other plants have folded up leaves. I poured some water on the plants and I hope it brings them back up some. The tendrils on some of the melons are turning brown but I am going to wait until they really look dead.
I cut the light green melon tonight and it was not ripe. It was pink and the seeds were under-developed. Oh well.
I cut the light green melon tonight and it was not ripe. It was pink and the seeds were under-developed. Oh well.