Watermelon Watch Wednesday
Remember this cute little guy? Check out what he looks like now!
It’s a bit smaller than a volleyball now and getting darker skinned gradually. This variety is to have a black skin. I’ve read melons are ready when they sound hollow, which it does to me, or when their belly is yellow(rather than white), which this one is. But I think we’ll just keep an eye on it for a while since it isn’t black yet and the other sign I read about hasn’t happened yet - the curly tendrils nearest it should be turning brown and break off easily. The bed has filled in nicely and overspilled to the south. There are many melons set in various stages so I think we should have a relatively drawn out harvest which will be nice. We also should have plenty to share to friends and family as well. Hopefully we’ll have some things we can take down to the family wedding at the end of the month!
Remember this poor looking basil? Well look at it, and its fellow row mates now!
It seems it was just at the awkward stage where it just didn’t look like it would make it, but it has. We haven’t made a large harvest from it, but we’ve been pinching back several leaves every time we cut the globe basil. We’ve also taking to dressing pizza with homemade pesto (as well as many other things). To see more photos of the garden check out the set on Flickr. It is order oldest first, so the last 13 or 14 photos are from this mornings stroll to the beds.
I got an e-mail yesterday from Organic Gardening and it had a link to a great article about how to harvest many things at their peak. But they skipped winter squash. Anyone have any idea how we know when to pick our white winter squash? It is white almost from the get go. We also had a small one drop. I’m guessing from the high winds we had on and off all weekend. I’ve found their newsletters helpful throughout this growing season. I should consider subscribing so I’m ready for next year’s garden!
