Saturday, June 14, 2008

Sugar Baby Watermelon






Loved by children and chickens alike.



Hooray, our first sweet, tasty, watermelon!! I'm shocked at how hardy this variety is. ( I have the worst luck with powdery mildew and none of the plants do well because of it.) It also has a nice compact growth which was great for my small garden. I think I'll try growing it next time as a container plant to see how it does.
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4 comments:

  1. R.PowersJune 14, 2008 at 12:31 PM

    Beautiful!
    I grew one called yellow doll back in the late '80's that was small, bright yellow fleshed, and sweeeeet.

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  2. DaniJune 14, 2008 at 12:59 PM

    FC,
    Those yellow fleshed ones always look so neat! Was the yellow doll a seedless variety?

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  3. AnonymousJune 14, 2008 at 11:51 PM

    Hey there!That watermelon looks wonderful!
    What else do you have in that garden of yours? Are you teaching the little one the finer points of weeding?I'm trying to remember what I did for mildew.. hard to avoid in your climate mom

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  4. DaniJune 15, 2008 at 8:58 AM

    Mom,
    That watermelon was quite the tasty little fruit. I'll try to call you this evening. Love yah.

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