MOON AND STARS

Let no one think that real gardening
is a bucolic and meditative occupation.
  It is an insatiable passion, like
everything else to which a man
gives his heart. 

 ~Karel Čapek,
The Gardener's Year

Taking my que from  Farmama,

I thought I would show you

a different vegetable each

week.

We have always grown

watermelons, but this is

the first year for growing

Moon and Stars Watermelons.

We have them planted in

 between wide spaced rows of

corn and even with the hot,

dry weather, they seem to

be thriving. [and I keep watering].

 Moon and Stars is

an heirloom watermelon

so I will be saving all the

seeds for next year.

I would love to make jelly

with the fruit of the melon

and pickles with the rind.

There is a wonderful

article that gives the

history to this stellar

fruit.

What are you growing 

this year?

xx