Yesterday, I went to check the last watermlon...
My other watermelon had been attacked by some critter and became worm food. Well, there is a reason why they tell you to keep your melons off the ground because my last watermelon became worm food, too. :-( Oh well. It was time to kill the plant anyway.
I also found rogue nasturtium plants. I'm surprised since the watermelon plant was really taking over everything and I had thought the nasturtiums had been choked out. Go figure. Tough little buggers. I may transplant the nasturtiums into one of the other beds.
Another surprise was that I had actually had THREE watermelons. When I discovered the third watermelon, it had already rotted and was being eaten. If I had a huge field, I would definitely plant more Orangeglo watermelons. Next year, I'm going to try a yellow version called Desert King.
Yesterday was also the first Fall harvest of my Korean radishes. I also thinned out my Kyoto Red carrots, picked a nice bunch of lettuces and arugula, and picked the last of the sweet paprika peppers.
The Korean radishes are a little strange. They are hybrid seeds from Kitazawa Seed Co. and I was wondering if there would be some inconsistencies with the shapes of the radishes. Some look like a typical oblong shaped white radish and others have a bulbous tip, green shoulders and are more rectangular in shape that you normally would expect with Korean bachelor or ponytail radishes. I guess I'll find out how they taste when I make my favorite Bachelor radish kimchi!!!
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