Too Late!
I finally decided to cut my fourth baby watermelon. It had not gotten any bigger in two weeks. You recall two were stolen and smashed by critter or human on my neighbors’ front steps. I draped netting over the patch after the theft. The first one I ate and it wasn’t very sweet.
I cut this one and popped it in the frig before I slaved in the hot sun, pulling out the corn, and turning the soil over with a shovel.
So, when I finished work, soaked from sweat, I went to my prize, and sliced her open. Alas, too late. It was sweet, but too far gone. I got a few bites out of it. I shouldn’t have waited.
I remember so well growing up and visiting my grandmothers, and we’d cut open a melon, and if it wasn’t perfect they’d say, “Go back to the field and cut another one.” And we would, and we’d sit around in a circle on the lawn under the merciful shade of a big maple tree, and eat watermelon, (with salt!) till our insides hurt. Well, I had one more in my patch the same size, but younger. I took a chance and cut it. Nope, not ripe. Oh, for some more space to grow watermelon! 🙂 Thanks for stopping! – Kaye
Category: Fruit, Warm Season
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Watermelon and zucchini growing abundantly in little patches next to the sidewalk outside my high rise apartment building. I never see anyone tending it, because I’d love to buy one fresh off the vine!
As Farmer Jack says (In Planting Lettuce episode) “You’ve got to live in your garden for it to prosper.” I’m sure they are out there at some point nearly every day. 🙂
Probably early morning… Maybe I should change my early morning running route!
Hey, FMW, can you take a snapshot of the sidewalk garden and post it to https://www.facebook.com/LateBloomerShow as I think that would be very interesting. Be sure to say what city and China on there. I like to share garden info around the world, and as far as I know you are the only one watching from China! Talk about urban gardening!
I’ll post a pic and link to my post that has many pics from the gardens here.
I’m in Hangzhou, China. A city of 7 million. If there is a patch of dirt, they’re growing something on it… It’s awesome.
Our watermelon didn’t make it at all. I dug it out and planted more zukes. Better luck next year!