This is so funny...we probably have a dozen each of the melons. If we can keep the critters off of them we might actually get to eat one. I have visions of us pulling the truck in, lowering the tailgate, and selling watermelons on the side of the street. Hubby and I both come from the Bootheel in Missouri. They have produced watermelons for years and made a huge business out of it. Every school kid many years ago used to go "pitch" melons in the summer for extra money. We could find a melon stand on every main street, sometimes in somebody's yard, or down a country road. You could buy a whole watermelon for a quarter or fifty cents.
I managed a senior apartment complex in Ft. Scott, KS some time ago. They were having a pot luck dinner and wanted watermelon for dessert. Hubby and I ran up to the grocery store and OBVIOUSLY I misread the price. It was by the pound, not for the whole melon. The price was $42.00 for ONE melon. They didn't get to have watermelon for their dinner.
We have found a nasty little critter in our tomatoes and on the dill...we noticed a tomato plant had some branches that had been stripped...there were about 4 green tomato hornworms hanging around. We had them in nearly every tomato bed. A very easy solution...pick them off and put them in soapy water...it kills them. BUT, since I wouldn't touch one with gloves on and a ten foot pole, Hubby mixed up 2 tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing detergent in a gallon of water and sprayed the ugly things. They do not like it at all...they started backing up and rearing up...it killed them and doesn't harm the plants. If you grow tomatoes check every day for damage. They can strip an entire plant in a few days.
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