Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man

We picked our first watermelon yesterday (8/13). I guess I should say it picked itself. We had been out of town for 3 days. When I went to the garden the watermelon had broken loose from the vine and rolled down the watermelon fence. I took it inside and washed it and cut it. Oooo. It is delicious. I have planted watermelons every year for many years. This is the first one we have picked. Persistence pays off.

We got quite a few tomatoes too. Several of them had holes from bugs or birds. They were too beautiful to throw away. I took them inside, cut out the bad spots and sliced them. I layered them with basil leaves in a Tupperware tub and put them in the fridge for tomato sandwiches.

Next week is time to start the fall garden. Swiss chard and red cabbage will go in the flower beds out front this year. The back yard will get curly mustard, Tokyo cross turnips, radishes, oak leaf lettuce, arugula, mesclun mix and regular cabbage. Maybe there will be a broccoli plant or two. The shelves should be into the greenhouse too, so we can start some fall tomatoes to raise in the raised bed that was built into the greenhouse.






David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com/ , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.