I was slightly taken aback. Such a small thing to ask and there is ALWAYS work to be done, always. After all that work to harvest the fruit a small respite on a summer afternoon with her love would have been a gift from the heart.
What an amazing harvest!! If you see some ole woman creeping in your yard with her cane...DONT SHOOT!!! It’s ME!!! I’m only sniffing your melon patch! Hahahahaha I LOVE the smell of cantaloupe. I still haven’t grown a successful melon but I’m NEVER giving up. I love them both. Cantaloupes and watermelon. So yummy. So happy you got blessed with such beauties. Enjoy! God Bless ~Lisa
Try burying the vines to create more feeder roots. I've had great luck when vines start looking like they are struggling, a few shovels of good soil on top of the vines and some water brings them back quickly. Pumpkins and other vines with hairs will grow additional roots on stems just like tomatoes and sunflowers.
My dad used to put ice cream in his cantaloupe and eat it that way. It is AMAZING! Those melons are above par! So happy for you that your first harvest was above and beyond. Enjoy every bite! Blessings from Louisiana, Missouri!
When picking watermelon, my sweet daddy always said this little diddy: Sounds right. Belly's white. And the curl is dead. So he thumped it to see how it sounded, checked for the white underside, and made sure the curl was completely dead. Pop went to be with Jesus in April at the age of 82. He was a precious, servant hearted man. I miss him terribly.....and the watermelon will never be a sweet without him to share them with.
Just look at the Beautiful Melons !!! won't see those in the store. Melons are best right from the Garden. Love how you all share what you do with us. Thank you for taking your time for all of us.
I LOVE growing watermelons!!! We have grown huge watermelon patches for the sole purpose of selling them. It's so fun to go to church gatherings with a truck load of them to share and selling them at roadside stands is so fun! My husband says "peddlin" is my calling lol yours look amazing!!
My wife and I came across your channel by accident. We love you guys. We're in our 60s and love to garden especially my wife. We have raised beds with tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and purple hull peas. Water melons and cantaloupe next year. Thanks for being there for everyone.
“I’ve never seen anyone cut it like that.” 🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing! You guys are hilarious! Congrats on the great first harvest! Wish I could get a slice of that watermelon! 🍉
A tip handed down for generations is a dash of black pepper on cantaloupe and salt on watermelon. It really enhances the flavors, as if they need it! God bless you and your family, as well.
I so appreciate you both and the knowledge you have given me. I didn’t know how to know when to pick watermelons. Granted we’ve never had much luck with growing them in the past, but your videos make me want to try again. If I have half the success you all do I would be happy. Blessings to you!
I have helped so many people pick out watermelons. I tell everyone to look for a dead stem and yellow belly. Also the more scars on the watermelon the sweeter it is. That means the bees were really working on it.
20 thumbs downs? How can anyone give a thumbs down to a melon harvest video? Some people are just plain vile. Great harvest, folks. I'm glad you got some success in growing melons this year!
I've seen lots of gardeners set their fruits on a bed of straw. Might help with splitting because they won't be sitting on an over wet ground. Just an idea guys, hope you enjoy them! 😀
Great video. You guys are so cute. Sarah, I gotta agree with Kevin on the cantaloupe and ice cream, yum. I have dehydrated both and when dehydrated tastes like candy. I just found a recipe for watermelon jam and am going to try it and be dehydrating too. I’ve been looking everyday for your video.
I'm 67 and I envy the two of you! I wish I had you life you seem to do so well. Love the garden! I live a small apartment and wish I could have a garden like yours. Love the fresh veggies! Wish you all the luck in the world and to you and yours!
I REALLY appreciate your explanations of when things in your garden are ripe! As a first year gardener I'm always wondering if I'm picking things at the right time!
Hahaha my favorite part was at the end when you said we should just sit here the rest of the day and eat Watermelon and in a low voice you hear "NO" ... LOL just love you guys. Your channel is getting better and better.
Love the barefoot toe pointing! 😆 do it myself, all the time. Well momma, you know it's full on summer when you're in the garden barefooted! Have you tried sea salt on the cantaloupe?, it is a totally different taste - no - I'm not weird that's one of the ways we eat different melons in the south. Love you guys! ❤🥰😇 God bless and keep up the awesome work! May God's bounty continue to follow you!
Oooh that fresh watermelon looks AMAZING! I had major cancer surgery last summer and when I was recovering I had such a huge craving for watermelon and strawberries! I swear I must have eaten 10 large watermelons by myself during my recovery...lol...I still love them and enjoy eating till I'm full. How wonderful it must be to grow your own, and how fresh they must taste eating them directly after picking!
Vanilla ice cream and cantaloupe is the BEST way to eat them. I'm 73 and when I was very young girl my Grandpa would bring home fresh cantaloupe and we would sit together eating ice cream scooped into the middle the fruit bowl - such a sweet memory AND delicious treat, still. The combo together is just perfect. Maybe Sarah would like it that way?
oh my goodness they sure look good. And well I'm going to give Kevin's ice cream and cantaloupe a try cuz it just sounded delicious.thanjs for sharing.have a blessed day.
lol I love it! I have eaten cantaloupe with ice cream for years! I always to try to eat it at least once a year. Congratulations on your melon harvest this year. It will be interesting to see how many you get to harvest for the season. Love and blessings!
Hi Sarah and Kevin! That was a beautiful harvest. I hope you try Moon and Stars in your next summer garden. They look so pretty with that big yellow spot on them. Thanks for sharing. God Bless! Cheers!
Wow definitely some beautiful melons. I can just taste them myself. I grew cantaloupe one year & nothing as incredible as that taste. Great job!! I would love to visit y'all at the Farmer"s Market. Pam
True farmers are not given the respect they are due! You have to nickel and dime your way through life and that is not fair. You deserve so much more for the work you put in and what yield. As a population we need to understand how real food come's to the table. Wish you the best!
Love cantaloupe and watermelon!! Growing 8 varieties watermelon, 2 varieties each of honeydew and cantaloupe. So much = splitting before ripe..grr lol. Fighting the crazy tall grass in them. Your method with the ground cover is our next try next season. Very exciting to see your blessed harvest. Thanks for sharing & God bless 😁👍🙏❤
@@VickiTakacs. I'm using it this year for the first time in Ohio & I have no irrigation.. I watered it twice in 1 month so far. It stays damp under there for a good long time.. we've had rain too but its hands down amazing stuff
Kevin looks like he is birthing a baby, ha! I bet it feels like it! In Mexico they cut off the top of one of the ends, use a drill with one of those long bits, drill down into the watermelon turning it into juice, screw in a spigot on the side and drink the watermelon juice. They add Sprite or 7 up with ice and call it watermelon fresca. Congrats I'm happy for y'all ! ~Sidney
The melons look delicious ! I’ve grown small ones here in Illinois but they never got big like yours. It must depend on the weather and soil type. When you cut into that melon and it popped I could almost smell the goodness! ❤️ your channel.
Try salt and pepper on the cantaloupe Sarah. The sweet and salty are great together, that is, if you like that sort of thing. I like it on both the cantaloupe and the watermelon.
