hillbillyhayshed's journal
Member since: Feb 11 | Last seen: Dec 12 | Years gardening: 35
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06 Sep 2012
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Interested in squash, pumpkins, gourds and melons?
I am a passionate melons grower and I have been wanting to join a dedicated cucurbit forum for a while but couldn’t find any so Idecided to make my own. http://cucurbit.proboards.com/ Please come and visit if you are interested in cucurbits. Only three weeks till my melons go in – I a...
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25 Feb 2011
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Just picked and ate my first Rugosa melon. Late and a bit bland because of the season but at least these melons survived the awful weather conditions. The flesh is sweet and has a watermelon-like texture. Dull yellow rind with very light green flesh.29°C / 84°F -
24 Feb 2011
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28°C / 82°FI am near to picking my ripe zucca d’albenga. They are slowly turning yellow.
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24 Feb 2011
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17°C / 63°FMy two D’Alger melons that managed to live through the wet summer have a couple of fruit each and one is about to start ripening.
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24 Feb 2011
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With the cool weather I expected my tigger melons to be awful but they were sweeter than I expected, not great, but ok.17°C / 63°F -
22 Feb 2011
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These are the only melons that did any well this year. Even though the plants are still tiny they have many melons just about to ripen. I really hope they become sweet even though the weather has been bad.28°C / 82°F -
15 Feb 2011
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First harvest of spaghetti squash :)
Default gardenI have never grown these before as I hate eating squash and zucchini but I have been pleasantly surprised by them and will be planting again next year. The vines are productive and vigorous and are still setting fruit even as the summer turns into autumn. The fruits were a surprise. I never guess...28°C / 82°F -
15 Feb 2011Default garden
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Even after the horrible weather this summer, this zucchini is bearing so well we have to give most of the fruit to neighbours – and that is only from two plants. I have just stopped harvesting the fruit to let some ripen for the seeds. Thank God for the internet, you can find thousands of z...28°C / 82°F -
15 Feb 2011
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My Tigger melons are setting well - at long last
Default gardenAfter a disastrous start – with an unusually wet and cold summer – I am getting quite a few tigger melons setting on the few vines I have left. I only hope they have enough time to ripen before the first frosts.28°C / 82°F
