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|    T to songbird    |
|    Re: Too Many Melons    |
|    25 Aug 20 14:56:17    |
      From: T@invalid.invalid              On 2020-08-25 05:25, songbird wrote:       > T wrote:       > ...melons...       >> Don't your worms like these things?       >       > worms love melons/melon peels, but i only have ten       > buckets and can't possibly keep up with 30 or more       > melons (my last count for six plants).       >       > the other day i was out checking the bean gardens       > to see which were ready to pick (as dry beans). i       > looked over and saw a melon that had formed between       > two large rocks. it was more ripe and i could even       > smell it so i picked it to see how it was.       >       > it was excellent, perhaps a few more days and it       > would have been perfect. flavor is not quite the       > same as a standard cantaloupe/muskmelon - it has       > hints of cotton candy flavor. very good. i'm sure       > i'll have a ton of seeds.       >       > i have to learn somehow. :) the first one i picked       > way too green, it was barely edible in the center.       > this second one was fully ripe in the center and only       > a bit hard along the edges.       >       > i'm going to have to give a lot of these away!       >       >       > songbird       >              I am envious! I can't grow a melon for my life!              Then again, I can only eat three tablespoons of melon       a day do to my blood sugar, so it might be a good thing.              :'(              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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