This is one of the 6 melons ...actually one of the smallest about golf ball size...growing in a raised bed on a string trellis. The vine is about 4' wide and over 6' high. We had a lot of flowers but not many bees. You can make out the annual flowers behind the watermelon that we planted to encourage the pollinators. We tried marigolds, begonias and catnip in the different boxes and all the raised beds are doing well. Hopefully they will continue to grow and we will eventually get to eat watermelon!!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Watermelon
This is one of the 6 melons ...actually one of the smallest about golf ball size...growing in a raised bed on a string trellis. The vine is about 4' wide and over 6' high. We had a lot of flowers but not many bees. You can make out the annual flowers behind the watermelon that we planted to encourage the pollinators. We tried marigolds, begonias and catnip in the different boxes and all the raised beds are doing well. Hopefully they will continue to grow and we will eventually get to eat watermelon!!
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