{"id":1663,"date":"2016-09-26T21:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T01:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2016-09-26T21:27:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T01:27:58","slug":"cleaning-garden-watermelons-picked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/cleaning-garden-watermelons-picked\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Up the Garden with Two More Watermelons Picked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I decided that today was a good day to start cleaning up the garden and start removing all my corn stalks, sunflowers, and many vine plants such as cucumbers and cantaloupes.\u00a0 I like to do this before the cold weather and temperatures arrive.<\/p>\n

I also did pick a couple of watermelons today that were finally ready after a couple of months of growing.\u00a0 There is still one more which I plan on picking in the next couple of weeks hopefully.\u00a0 Once I pick the last melon then it should be time for picking my fall crop.<\/p>\n

I started the day by first digging out my corn stalks, sunflower stalks, and cucumber vines.\u00a0 It doesn’t take that long and it only takes about a couple of hours to do it all.\u00a0 It was a cooler day and made it more comfortable to do all this work.<\/p>\n

\"Corn<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sunflower<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the cucumber and cantaloupe vines that were ready to be removed from the garden.<\/p>\n

\"Cucumber<\/a><\/p>\n

Once I finished with all of this I then focused my attention on two of my watermelons that were ready to be picked.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure if I was going to pick them today, but the vine came off while I was pulling up my cucumbers which happened to be near one of the watermelon plants.\u00a0 They were ready for harvesting anyways which is good that the vine came off.<\/p>\n

\"Harvested<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Watermelon<\/a><\/p>\n

The first one weighed 16 1\/2 pounds and the bottom one weighed exactly 18 pounds.\u00a0 Definitely decent sizes and will probably last a little while due to their large size.\u00a0 The good news is that as long as they are in a cool place or inside of a refrigerator they should stay fresh for a long time.<\/p>\n

The only plants that are left are my fall crop which I should be picking very soon as well.\u00a0 I also have a watermelon and a few peppers that are growing.\u00a0 My peppers are slowing down their production of flowers and buds, but they still have some peppers that need to be picked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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