I have a vegetable garden in Midwestern Northern Illinois. It is organic, has raised beds, and I am using double digging techniques (actually bastard trenching), along with French Intensive concepts. I broke ground in December of 2009, and I hope that if you are a beginning or struggling gardener that this blog will be an encouragement to you.
Here you can see my first Sugar Baby Watermelon of the year. I took some netting and made a sling for it. I have Sugar Baby and Yellow Doll. I have spotted about 7 watermelons growing. The muskmelons are just setting. The melons don't seem to be really good climbers so I tie the runners with string until the tendrils take hold. I haven't grown them vertically before but they are really taking off and it looks like a good idea so far. I haven't watered these plants and it has basically never rained since the day I transplanted them. The drought doesn't seem to phase them.
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