A look inside, the one and only watermelon that grew in my garden this year!
Yes. It was delicious!
Blessings through raindrops…
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A look inside, the one and only watermelon that grew in my garden this year!
Yes. It was delicious!
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Blessings through raindrops... 
Did you plant it’s seeds – or save some for next year? 🙂
Nope, I was so excited to see that it was ripe & good, I forgot all about saving the seeds!!
At least you got one to grow. 😉
That’s true. I was a little concerned about it too. I had about 8 cantaloupe & they never made it. The critters got to them before I did. 😦
Ahh well, maybe next time!
Oh my! it does look delicious, you are so lucky too. Our garden grew a few cantelopes but just like Becky here the critters got to ours too. That’s why I am living and learning that next year we will try to get a few green houses up to protect some of the garden next time. It really is a waste of time to fight with mother nature for food. LOL! http://lovelyseasonscomeandgo.wordpress.com
Wow! You are certainly correct when it comes to mother nature – she can be pretty tough some times! I think I’ve come to the same conclusion as you have, certainly need some kind of protection from the critters if I am going to attempt this again! 🙂
It’s a shame because it’s so much work then to lose the few that are growing. I would love to see photos of your green houses if you decide to really do it. Have a nice day.
We grew watermelons two summers ago. It bore a lot of fruits that got really big. So I picked them and found out that they were not ripe enough. When is the right time to pick watermelons?
Oh, I wish I knew what the answer was! We just guessed, and took a chance on ours. The vine was dying out, so I didn’t think that the melon would be getting much nutrients from it, so I just decided to give it a try, and pick it!
I’m sure there is a better way to tell when it’s ripe – I’ve heard that when you thump on them and they sound “hollow” then that means that they are ripe.
Not sure if that’s true or not…but when I tried it on mine, that seemed to be the case, so maybe it works!
Sorry, I’m not of too much help to you. 😦 Hope it goes better for you next time around!