Grown in local soil that has not had anything added in the past 20+ years but horse and chicken manure, sand, grass clippings and other vegetable/wood matter from our farm. ONE OF THE TEN BEST FOODS YOU CAN EAT (dietpower.com): Not only is watermelon an incredible thirst quencher on a hot summer day; it is packed with powerful nutrients like vitamins C, A, B6, B1, potassium, magnesium, beta carote
ne, and it is the lycopene leader among fresh produce - yet watermelon has virtually no cholesterol or fat. Watermelon is one of the few food sources for citrulline which, according to recent research, can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, which benefits the heart, circulatory and immune systems. For 2011 we have three main varieties:
•Crimson Sweet are traditional watermelons grown from organic seeds. Unfortunately, with our growing system, they can grow to 30 lbs – enough to feed 30 people and not easy to carry home from the Farmer’s Market! (Maybe we’ll help you carry it, or deliver it nearby.)
•Golden Midget are 3 lb. personal-sized delicious watermelons grown from organic heirloom seeds, with yellow rinds and traditional pink flesh inside. Sweet but milder in taste than our other two varieties.
•Orangeglo are large watermelons grown from organic heirloom seeds, and they are the rage at Farmer’s Markets elsewhere. The fiery orange flesh is sugary, crisp and exotic. “Put 10 people in a room with this watermelon and you’ll get 10 opinions about the flavor: Some say it tastes like cantaloupe, others claim mango, and still more will insist that it is a combination of pear and papaya.” – Mother Earth News
Do these watermelons have seeds? ALL of our watermelons have seeds, which are fun to spit out -- and save – “seedless heirloom watermelons” is a contradiction in terms (Google it). Visit your local store if you are looking for seedless hybrids. The mounds for each patch are made from a mixture of sand and local soil, wood chips, old hay, and chicken and horse manure. Each patch is then covered with weed suppression fabric, with holes cut for the top of each mound. Each mound gets a drip water emitter from an automated watering system, which only uses well water (the same water our family drinks, only less filtered). Each patch is then covered with a thick layer of straw/hay to cushion the melons as they grow.
