{"id":2113,"date":"2017-10-11T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2017-10-11T17:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:30:54","slug":"watermelons-last-season-harvests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/watermelons-last-season-harvests\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelons and the Last of the Season Harvests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would say about now is pretty much the end of the season and all that I need to do is some cleanup for next year. This week I picked the only two watermelons that I planted and some last cherry tomatoes that are still growing. I also had a few peppers that were perfect for picking.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In total I got 28 pounds of watermelon this year from the two that I picked this week. The biggest one was 21 pounds and the other was seven. It is not as big as last year, but still two perfectly good sizes and as long as they are ripe and edible it doesn\u2019t matter the size.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2114 size-medium\" title=\"Watermelons\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Watermelons\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7689-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the same day I had some more cherry tomatoes to pick along with some peppers. At the moment these are the two plants that are continuing to produce. Although my cherry tomato plants have stopped growing there are fruit on the plant that I am waiting to ripen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2115 size-medium\" title=\"Cherry Tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry Tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7683-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand there are buds and flowers still on my pepper plants and as long as they keep growing I will still be feeding them and picking the peppers. They probably don\u2019t have that much time left in the season now that the sun is not out as much and cooler air is arriving especially at night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2116 size-medium\" title=\"Green Pepper\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Green Pepper\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7678-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also had some of the last beans picked this afternoon. The posts that are holding them up will be removed from the garden and put into storage. This is the last of the beans that I could get from the vines. It looks like that the end of the 2017 garden season is over.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand I still have my carrots to dig up which usually is done the week of Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Once these vegetables are harvested then the gardening season is officially over.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would say about now is pretty much the end of the season and all that I need to do is some cleanup for next year. This week I picked the only two watermelons that I planted and some last cherry tomatoes that are still growing. 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