This may be the only time you'll be glad this is click bait and I'm not showing you MY melons!
We have a short retaining wall of about three feet high that runs the length of our home. When I graded the flat spot on our hill for the Outdoor Kitchen and Playground early this year, I pushed all of the topsoil down and back-filled the retaining wall. When it came time to plant our seedlings, we had the perfect plants for this area... Watermelon and Pumpkins!
We have four watermelon plants and two pumpkin growing in an area that is roughly 8 feet by 30 feet. They have happily spread out and taken full advantage of the top soil to grow.
Pumpkins starting to mature and turn color. We have three pumpkins growing very well between the two plants.
A few of the watermelon growing out. We have 9 watermelon growing in total. They are larger than this photo probably makes them look.
A 14 pound melon harvested to eat with dinner!
Still a little ways to go, but we still ate this one! This is our first time ever being successful with watermelon so it was difficult to know how far along they were.
Are you growing Watermelon in your garden? If so, we'd love to hear about them and see how yours are doing or if you have plans to grow them (for our friends Down Under)!
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