We had no idea the melons were ready...Will has been watching them carefully and had calculated that they would not be ready until next week-we didn't promise anyone a watermelon for the 4th of July. He had been watching one big one in particular and he cut it a couple of days ago...but he figured we'd only have a few that were mature enough to take...not nearly enough for all of our members. The raccoons had not been in there taking a chunk out of a melon and moving on to the next. The critters will let you know when the melons are ready - I remember last year - the raccoons preferred the yellow melons over the red - I don't think we got even ONE yellow watermelon - every single one had a big bite taken out of it. This year, Will put out a trap after the coons got into the corn. He snagged one a couple of weeks ago in the trap (of the Have-A-Heart kind of course); usually he drives down to the river and lets the little beast loose;this time...uh...I'll let Will tell it if he's so inclined... a most unfortunate occurrence. Anyway, since that first coon, we haven't had another visitor. And SO, Will goes out and checks things Friday evening and lo and behold - It's Melon Time! So all of the members got two for the 4th, and will have two next weekend to end the CSA season.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Surprise!
We had no idea the melons were ready...Will has been watching them carefully and had calculated that they would not be ready until next week-we didn't promise anyone a watermelon for the 4th of July. He had been watching one big one in particular and he cut it a couple of days ago...but he figured we'd only have a few that were mature enough to take...not nearly enough for all of our members. The raccoons had not been in there taking a chunk out of a melon and moving on to the next. The critters will let you know when the melons are ready - I remember last year - the raccoons preferred the yellow melons over the red - I don't think we got even ONE yellow watermelon - every single one had a big bite taken out of it. This year, Will put out a trap after the coons got into the corn. He snagged one a couple of weeks ago in the trap (of the Have-A-Heart kind of course); usually he drives down to the river and lets the little beast loose;this time...uh...I'll let Will tell it if he's so inclined... a most unfortunate occurrence. Anyway, since that first coon, we haven't had another visitor. And SO, Will goes out and checks things Friday evening and lo and behold - It's Melon Time! So all of the members got two for the 4th, and will have two next weekend to end the CSA season.
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