Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 73 Entries. Saturday, February 25 View Page Starting the Watermelon season by putting in a few seeds today.   Saturday, February 25 View Page Looks like the season started upside down already. Let's try it again   Saturday, February 25 View Page Looks like the season started upside down already. Let's try it again   Saturday, February 25 View Page Maybe this will work better   Saturday, February 25 View Page How do you can I edit a post and how do you rotate pictures   Monday, February 27 View Page 7168 Watermelon seeds in the trays. Finally hoping the picture will be upright.   Sunday, March 19 View Page Watermelon plants happy for warmer tempatures   Sunday, March 19 View Page All plants coming right along   Sunday, March 19 View Page Oh no!! I found some larger Kent plants tucked away in the greenhouse   Sunday, April 23 View Page One bed of plants are in, and other bed will be planted after tomorrow's storms   Sunday, April 23 View Page Field melons of Starbrites are planted and ready for cultivation   Monday, May 29 View Page Pictures from the Melon Patch on Memorial Day   Monday, May 29 View Page Memorial Day Melon Patch Photo   Monday, May 29 View Page Memorial Day Melon Patch Photos   Monday, May 29 View Page Brew Pot Kettle making a batch   Monday, May 29 View Page Brewing a batch   Monday, May 29 View Page Memorial Day Melon Patch   Sunday, June 11 View Page 22 days old   Sunday, June 11 View Page More melons in the patch   Sunday, June 11 View Page Got to put some shade over some melons this afternoon   Sunday, June 11 View Page Neighboring Kent plants still have a way of being close together even though they're 300 mile from their home place.   Sunday, June 25 View Page 2 neighboring Kent plants with different melons still trying to get close enough to hold hands. 300 miles from their original home place they seem to like it here near the southeast coast of NC.   Sunday, June 25 View Page 2 neighboring Kent plants with different melons still trying to get close enough to hold hands. 300 miles from their original home place they seem to like it here near the southeast coast of NC.   Sunday, July 2 View Page Sunday morning Patch pictures   Sunday, July 2 View Page Sunday morning pictures   Sunday, July 2 View Page Sunday morning pictures   Sunday, July 2 View Page Sunday morning pictures   Sunday, July 2 View Page Sunday morning pictures   Sunday, July 9 View Page Everybody seems to still believe happy in the patch   Sunday, July 9 View Page Everybody seems to still believe happy in the patch   Sunday, July 9 View Page Another Sunday morning photo   Sunday, July 9 View Page We like growing them upside down. Like laying in the bed on your stomach, doesn't it feel good to roll over on your back? It's an experiment I'm trying   Sunday, July 9 View Page After 4 hours upside down, you then roll them over and watch them enjoy the afternoon in the shade   Sunday, July 9 View Page Back on the right side up   Sunday, July 9 View Page Back on the right side up   Sunday, July 9 View Page Back on the right side up   Sunday, July 9 View Page More patch views   Sunday, July 9 View Page More patch views   Sunday, July 9 View Page More views   Saturday, July 22 View Page Took 1st place at our Local Fair Bluff NC Watermelon festival today with a 215lb new personal best weight. My previous best was 179 lbs. I owe some thanks to some people for helping me along, and you know who you are. Thanks for making this exciting!   Saturday, July 22 View Page Picture of today's 215 lb new personal best as well as winner and new record for Fair Bluff NC Watermelon Festival   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning tour of the patch   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning tour of the patch   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning tour of the patch   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning tour of the patch   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning tour of the patch   Sunday, July 23 View Page My feed tank plumbing. 275 gallon tank with the top cut out, and pump.   Sunday, July 23 View Page Sunday morning patch tour   Sunday, July 30 View Page Found another Melon in the patch I am growing attached to since picking my 2 favorites last week   Sunday, July 30 View Page Vines still looking good   Sunday, July 30 View Page My feeding system thru drip irrigation   Sunday, July 30 View Page Melon Patch view   Sunday, July 30 View Page Patch view   Tuesday, August 8 View Page Still got one growing.   Tuesday, August 8 View Page Grow baby grow   Tuesday, August 8 View Page End view   Friday, September 8 View Page Melons loaded and ready for the ride to Knoxville TN   Friday, September 8 View Page Melons loaded and ready for the ride to Knoxville TN   Friday, September 8 View Page A great line up of melons at TN Valley Fair   Friday, September 8 View Page My Best Melon ever. A NEW personal best   Friday, September 8 View Page Tagged Teamed with my wife to the weighoff in Knoxville TN. Always good to have the wife buy into your hobbies. I got 2nd place, and she got 4th.   Friday, September 8 View Page Pulled up the root system for examination today. Pretty amazing   Friday, September 8 View Page Up close look at the root system of the Register 272 melon   Friday, September 8 View Page Another root picture of the Register 272 Melon   Friday, September 22 View Page Rolled this 115 plus day old Melon to take to Elkin NC tomorrow and found a brown spot on the bottom. Took it to scales to weigh, and it was 248lbs. It only measured 201", and should have weighed 225lbs. Think I will keep this seed. I like the ribs on this melon.   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is what the bottom looked like.   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is what the bottom looked like.   Friday, September 22 View Page Went to the patch this afternoon looking for a melon to take to Elkin NC, there were still 6 melons out there, they had all received their 2nd social security check last week and had endured 50" of rain since being planted back in April. Rolled them all over, only to find a bad spot on all of them. 5 were in excess of 200lbs. Season is over!. Ready to make plans for next year.   Friday, September 22 View Page Went to the patch this afternoon looking for a melon to take to Elkin NC, there were still 6 melons out there, they had all received their 2nd social security check last week and had endured 50" of rain since being planted back in April. Rolled them all over, only to find a bad spot on all of them. 5 were in excess of 200lbs. Season is over!. Ready to make plans for next year.   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is the cross section of my 252lb Melon from Tennessee Valley Fair. Thanks Dave Cantrell   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is the cross section of my 252lb Melon from Tennessee Valley Fair. Thanks Dave Cantrell   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is the cross section cut of my 272lb Melon at Tennessee Valley Fair. Thanks Dave Cantrell   Friday, September 22 View Page Here is the cross section cut of my 272lb Melon at Tennessee Valley Fair. Thanks Dave Cantrell