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Originally Posted by mnemosyne
It is pretty rewarding, even when there are misses. Like my watermelons: sugar babies take up loads of space, are tiny, have ridiculous numbers of seeds. And I have a very difficult time figuring out when they are ripe, so I usually get about 1 watermelon of 'my own' per season that is actually ripe red in the middle and tasty. (They do not keep ripening off the vine.) Still, it's fun and it still seems like a miracle to me when I plant things and they grow.
Haha, we tried to grow sugar babies too this year, first time! They were the only thing in the garden that my hubby was interested in this year! They were exactly as you described. Lots of seeds, and I didn't really know when they were ripe enough! We just picked off the last couple from the yard last night but haven't dug into them yet. We had one that was picked too early and one that was decent but not perfect.
I dont' know if we will grow them again.
but you are right when you describe gardening as a miracle. IT IS! I find it so relaxing to weed, prune, and harvest. I love it!