In May I planted a couple of watermelon plants.....really just for fun. I tried planting them in Denver but no luck. What the heck. There was a place in my front yard that got lots of sun and nothing was growing so I planted some. Non GMO, etc. Well I was lucky and harvested five just this last month. One small one and 4 huge......18-21 pounds each. Ok when do you harvest these guys? I guess you find out if you did it right when you cut into it:
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| moon and stars cut |
Yep! It's ripe. It made a beautiful splash...swish sound when the knife cut into it and it split open. Yes there are seeds.....big beautiful black ones. Remember not GMO. Watermelon have seeds...at least they did when I was a kid. Mom would cut us a slice and we would have to eat it outside so we could spit the seeds out with enthusiasm......probably the only time it was ok to spit.
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| on the vine |
This is what a watermelon looks like growing on a vine. This one is a stripy one
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| moon and stars, after the rain |
This one is called "Moon and Stars". Can you see how it got its name?
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| moon and stars, 21 pounds |
I only had one moon and stars o harvest but it weighed 21 pounds.....that's a lot for a watermelon
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| watermelon margarita |
I have been just eating it cold and enjoying spitting out the seeds but watermelon juice makes a good base for a Margarita:
1 quart watermelon juice
1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
sweeten with Agave or simple syrup (or a ginger simple syrup)
fresh grated ginger
Rim the glass with lime juice or ginger and sugar
Not quite the Jimmy Buffett version of a Margarita but it is
amazing
Happy watermelon seed spitting
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