My dad used to put ice cream in his cantaloupe and eat it that way. It is AMAZING! Those melons are above par! So happy for you that your first harvest was above and beyond. Enjoy every bite! Blessings from Louisiana, Missouri!
What an amazing harvest!! If you see some ole woman creeping in your yard with her cane...DONT SHOOT!!! It’s ME!!! I’m only sniffing your melon patch! Hahahahaha I LOVE the smell of cantaloupe. I still haven’t grown a successful melon but I’m NEVER giving up. I love them both. Cantaloupes and watermelon. So yummy. So happy you got blessed with such beauties. Enjoy! God Bless ~Lisa
I was slightly taken aback. Such a small thing to ask and there is ALWAYS work to be done, always. After all that work to harvest the fruit a small respite on a summer afternoon with her love would have been a gift from the heart.
Try burying the vines to create more feeder roots. I've had great luck when vines start looking like they are struggling, a few shovels of good soil on top of the vines and some water brings them back quickly. Pumpkins and other vines with hairs will grow additional roots on stems just like tomatoes and sunflowers.
Try salt and pepper on the cantaloupe Sarah. The sweet and salty are great together, that is, if you like that sort of thing. I like it on both the cantaloupe and the watermelon.
I LOVE growing watermelons!!! We have grown huge watermelon patches for the sole purpose of selling them. It's so fun to go to church gatherings with a truck load of them to share and selling them at roadside stands is so fun! My husband says "peddlin" is my calling lol yours look amazing!!
True farmers are not given the respect they are due! You have to nickel and dime your way through life and that is not fair. You deserve so much more for the work you put in and what yield. As a population we need to understand how real food come's to the table. Wish you the best!
When picking watermelon, my sweet daddy always said this little diddy: Sounds right. Belly's white. And the curl is dead. So he thumped it to see how it sounded, checked for the white underside, and made sure the curl was completely dead. Pop went to be with Jesus in April at the age of 82. He was a precious, servant hearted man. I miss him terribly.....and the watermelon will never be a sweet without him to share them with.
Just look at the Beautiful Melons !!! won't see those in the store. Melons are best right from the Garden. Love how you all share what you do with us. Thank you for taking your time for all of us.
A tip handed down for generations is a dash of black pepper on cantaloupe and salt on watermelon. It really enhances the flavors, as if they need it! God bless you and your family, as well.
My wife and I came across your channel by accident. We love you guys. We're in our 60s and love to garden especially my wife. We have raised beds with tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and purple hull peas. Water melons and cantaloupe next year. Thanks for being there for everyone.
I so appreciate you both and the knowledge you have given me. I didn’t know how to know when to pick watermelons. Granted we’ve never had much luck with growing them in the past, but your videos make me want to try again. If I have half the success you all do I would be happy. Blessings to you!
Found your guys channel and giving you thanks and blessings to yall mon seen !! In the Los Angeles we get the best cantaloupe from Blythe ca along the Colorado river . Temps get up to 120° . When in season its not hard to pick out a ripe sweet melon . But my way is to find the one with more yellow/orange color and avoid green ones . Then pick it up and smell it . Peaches and nectarines are other fruit that you must smell to get the best sweet fruit . People in the fruit section often copy me and smell the fruit to act like they have been doing this technique for years . I always tell people shopping to help them get the best fruit . Oh well its just a general rule . So more time
“I’ve never seen anyone cut it like that.” 🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing! You guys are hilarious! Congrats on the great first harvest! Wish I could get a slice of that watermelon! 🍉
Hahaha my favorite part was at the end when you said we should just sit here the rest of the day and eat Watermelon and in a low voice you hear "NO" ... LOL just love you guys. Your channel is getting better and better.
Great video. You guys are so cute. Sarah, I gotta agree with Kevin on the cantaloupe and ice cream, yum. I have dehydrated both and when dehydrated tastes like candy. I just found a recipe for watermelon jam and am going to try it and be dehydrating too. I’ve been looking everyday for your video.
I have helped so many people pick out watermelons. I tell everyone to look for a dead stem and yellow belly. Also the more scars on the watermelon the sweeter it is. That means the bees were really working on it.
Hi Sarah and Kevin! That was a beautiful harvest. I hope you try Moon and Stars in your next summer garden. They look so pretty with that big yellow spot on them. Thanks for sharing. God Bless! Cheers!
I REALLY appreciate your explanations of when things in your garden are ripe! As a first year gardener I'm always wondering if I'm picking things at the right time!
oh my goodness they sure look good. And well I'm going to give Kevin's ice cream and cantaloupe a try cuz it just sounded delicious.thanjs for sharing.have a blessed day.
Vanilla ice cream and cantaloupe is the BEST way to eat them. I'm 73 and when I was very young girl my Grandpa would bring home fresh cantaloupe and we would sit together eating ice cream scooped into the middle the fruit bowl - such a sweet memory AND delicious treat, still. The combo together is just perfect. Maybe Sarah would like it that way?
I've seen lots of gardeners set their fruits on a bed of straw. Might help with splitting because they won't be sitting on an over wet ground. Just an idea guys, hope you enjoy them! 😀
Wow definitely some beautiful melons. I can just taste them myself. I grew cantaloupe one year & nothing as incredible as that taste. Great job!! I would love to visit y'all at the Farmer"s Market. Pam
lol I love it! I have eaten cantaloupe with ice cream for years! I always to try to eat it at least once a year. Congratulations on your melon harvest this year. It will be interesting to see how many you get to harvest for the season. Love and blessings!
Hey guys great video! Just a tip for u guys about the watermellon! When it reacts to being cut like that one, it means it is perfect to eat! It is always good when they crack upon being cut 😁 enjoy!
Love cantaloupe and watermelon!! Growing 8 varieties watermelon, 2 varieties each of honeydew and cantaloupe. So much = splitting before ripe..grr lol. Fighting the crazy tall grass in them. Your method with the ground cover is our next try next season. Very exciting to see your blessed harvest. Thanks for sharing & God bless 😁👍🙏❤
@@VickiTakacs. I'm using it this year for the first time in Ohio & I have no irrigation.. I watered it twice in 1 month so far. It stays damp under there for a good long time.. we've had rain too but its hands down amazing stuff
Love the barefoot toe pointing! 😆 do it myself, all the time. Well momma, you know it's full on summer when you're in the garden barefooted! Have you tried sea salt on the cantaloupe?, it is a totally different taste - no - I'm not weird that's one of the ways we eat different melons in the south. Love you guys! ❤🥰😇 God bless and keep up the awesome work! May God's bounty continue to follow you!
20 thumbs downs? How can anyone give a thumbs down to a melon harvest video? Some people are just plain vile. Great harvest, folks. I'm glad you got some success in growing melons this year!
Oooh that fresh watermelon looks AMAZING! I had major cancer surgery last summer and when I was recovering I had such a huge craving for watermelon and strawberries! I swear I must have eaten 10 large watermelons by myself during my recovery...lol...I still love them and enjoy eating till I'm full. How wonderful it must be to grow your own, and how fresh they must taste eating them directly after picking!
Kevin looks like he is birthing a baby, ha! I bet it feels like it! In Mexico they cut off the top of one of the ends, use a drill with one of those long bits, drill down into the watermelon turning it into juice, screw in a spigot on the side and drink the watermelon juice. They add Sprite or 7 up with ice and call it watermelon fresca. Congrats I'm happy for y'all ! ~Sidney
How Awesome Kevin and Sarah! the melons look beautiful. Sarah, you can blend them and put them in ice cube tray and have melon cubes. Wow they sure look delicious! Congrats with the Awesome melons.
I'm 67 and I envy the two of you! I wish I had you life you seem to do so well. Love the garden! I live a small apartment and wish I could have a garden like yours. Love the fresh veggies! Wish you all the luck in the world and to you and yours!
The melons look delicious ! I’ve grown small ones here in Illinois but they never got big like yours. It must depend on the weather and soil type. When you cut into that melon and it popped I could almost smell the goodness! ❤️ your channel.
My dad used to put ice cream in his cantaloupe and eat it that way. It is AMAZING! Those melons are above par! So happy for you that your first harvest was above and beyond. Enjoy every bite! Blessings from Louisiana, Missouri!
What an amazing harvest!! If you see some ole woman creeping in your yard with her cane...DONT SHOOT!!! It’s ME!!! I’m only sniffing your melon patch! Hahahahaha I LOVE the smell of cantaloupe. I still haven’t grown a successful melon but I’m NEVER giving up. I love them both. Cantaloupes and watermelon. So yummy. So happy you got blessed with such beauties. Enjoy! God Bless ~Lisa
If you’ve not tried watermelon salad with feta and fresh mint you’ve got to give it a try. Oh so delicious 😋
Wendy c never tried this, sounds like it could be yummy. Will have to give it a try.
Add tomatoes to that salad too!
Watermelon, arugula and feta is also tasty. Joy Giles
And add a squeeze of lime!!! And if you're really crazy, watermelon, lime and tequila!
With balsamic! So yummy!
You guys have this garden thing down!!!! 👍🍉🍉🍉🍉
18:19 “we got other stuff to do”. That is too funny! I wasn’t expecting the serious reply! 😂🤣😂
I laughed, too.
Same! Lol.
Sounds like a Convo I'd have with my hubby.😂😂😂
Theyre an adorable couple! Love it!
@@jeanniearnold7906 I laughed as well. It was so totally unexpected. 😄😄😄
Me either! It was so sweet and Kevin was so matter of fact. Laughing over here!
I was slightly taken aback. Such a small thing to ask and there is ALWAYS work to be done, always. After all that work to harvest the fruit a small respite on a summer afternoon with her love would have been a gift from the heart.
Bagus sekali saya suka sekali palawija..... salam dari saya cianjur jawa barat indonesia...
Aint gunna lie I want a jealous button instead of like!!! That fruit looks amazing!!!
I agree! Lol.
They had me drooling a wee bit.🤤😂
Agree!!!
yeah right?
This is Winn I love your watermelon and canalope video .I would feed the Mellon to the chickens my chickens love watermelon
2nd that I sure will use it
Cantaloupe milkshakes are awesome. The riper the better!!!
Missed my favorite... the ducks are so cute when you let them free in the morning ❤️
Me too. Cracks me up every time.
Melons freeze fantastically. Save some of that bounty for a delicious summer smoothie in the winter!
Try burying the vines to create more feeder roots. I've had great luck when vines start looking like they are struggling, a few shovels of good soil on top of the vines and some water brings them back quickly. Pumpkins and other vines with hairs will grow additional roots on stems just like tomatoes and sunflowers.
planting or gardening is really fun and comfortable...love it
So glad your harvest for the most part has been good to you guys, you work so hard at it!!
Try salt and pepper on the cantaloupe Sarah. The sweet and salty are great together, that is, if you like that sort of thing. I like it on both the cantaloupe and the watermelon.
I LOVE growing watermelons!!! We have grown huge watermelon patches for the sole purpose of selling them. It's so fun to go to church gatherings with a truck load of them to share and selling them at roadside stands is so fun! My husband says "peddlin" is my calling lol yours look amazing!!
True farmers are not given the respect they are due! You have to nickel and dime your way through life and that is not fair. You deserve so much more for the work you put in and what yield. As a population we need to understand how real food come's to the table.
Wish you the best!
When picking watermelon, my sweet daddy always said this little diddy:
Sounds right.
Belly's white.
And the curl is dead.
So he thumped it to see how it sounded, checked for the white underside, and made sure the curl was completely dead.
Pop went to be with Jesus in April at the age of 82. He was a precious, servant hearted man. I miss him terribly.....and the watermelon will never be a sweet without him to share them with.
Beautiful memory.
That’s so sweet...💜
Thank you for sharing such a special memory ❤ our Dads are such amazing souls
Your dad sounds like an awesome and beautiful human being. This world was blessed to have had him and heaven is one Angel better 🙏
Bless your daddy. that made me cry!!!!
Oooommmmgggg! Those watermelons! I so enjoyed this segment! Esp learning when to pick the watermelon! Who knew.!? 😘😘
Watermelon is my favorite fruit of all time. Cantaloupe...nix! Great harvest, you two!
I love melons and water melon thats my favorite fruits😍
Just look at the Beautiful Melons !!! won't see those in the store. Melons are best right from the Garden. Love how you all share what you do with us. Thank you for taking your time for all of us.
Awesome...you two look so happy and I am so glad for your accomplishments...
Cantaloupe with vanilla ice cream is delicious! Cottage cheese is good, too.
I love you
Its the best thing ever! U just need to add some small sugar powder donut hole! Even better
Gotta try it!!
Cookies n cream
Looking so good
OMG! We were both sat here salivating , 🤦♀️ look amazing xx
Wow, nice melon harvest! I'm jealous!
That is a lot of melons.Congrats on the great harvest.
Love cantaloupe and vanilla ice cream, yum so good!
FANTASTIC is all thats needed THANK YOU LORD OF THE HARVEST
Cantaloupe and vanilla ice cream! You betcha!! That was a great 1st pick, good job guys!
So wonderful and exciting to grow watermelons! Good job!
Love melon with ice cream .. enjoy your well earned harvest !
A tip handed down for generations is a dash of black pepper on cantaloupe and salt on watermelon. It really enhances the flavors, as if they need it!
God bless you and your family, as well.
My wife and I came across your channel by accident. We love you guys. We're in our 60s and love to garden especially my wife. We have raised beds with tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and purple hull peas. Water melons and cantaloupe next year. Thanks for being there for everyone.
Oh my gosh!!!! The harvest of melons is amazing!!! Congratulations 🎉. You guys are the sweetest couple. 💕🌻💕🌻
Watermelon cubes and red Spanish onions tossed together. Yum!
The "Why?" at the end there cracked me up! XD
Good for you!! Love warm melons of both kinds. Thanks for sharing.
The melons look wonderful. Congratulations on such a great harvest!
What stunning colours with the melon display on your picnic table and the green backdrop. Definitely one to print and frame.
I so appreciate you both and the knowledge you have given me. I didn’t know how to know when to pick watermelons. Granted we’ve never had much luck with growing them in the past, but your videos make me want to try again. If I have half the success you all do I would be happy. Blessings to you!
Mmmnmm looks great.. . Congratulations 🎉❣️❣️❣️👏🎉👏👏
YES..ice cream in canteloupe. My grandma taught me that. I am 78 now and it is my still my favourite fruit.
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Found your guys channel and giving you thanks and blessings to yall mon seen !! In the Los Angeles we get the best cantaloupe from Blythe ca along the Colorado river . Temps get up to 120° . When in season its not hard to pick out a ripe sweet melon . But my way is to find the one with more yellow/orange color and avoid green ones . Then pick it up and smell it . Peaches and nectarines are other fruit that you must smell to get the best sweet fruit . People in the fruit section often copy me and smell the fruit to act like they have been doing this technique for years . I always tell people shopping to help them get the best fruit . Oh well its just a general rule . So more time
G'day guys, that's a great harvest great job. God bless you guys.
Fantastic spread. Hope they are as good as they look!
“I’ve never seen anyone cut it like that.” 🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing! You guys are hilarious! Congrats on the great first harvest! Wish I could get a slice of that watermelon! 🍉
Vanilla cream and cantaloupe is a 5 generation family favorite!
Hahaha my favorite part was at the end when you said we should just sit here the rest of the day and eat Watermelon and in a low voice you hear "NO" ... LOL just love you guys. Your channel is getting better and better.
I've never liked cantalope either, but love watermelon!
Great video. You guys are so cute. Sarah, I gotta agree with Kevin on the cantaloupe and ice cream, yum. I have dehydrated both and when dehydrated tastes like candy. I just found a recipe for watermelon jam and am going to try it and be dehydrating too. I’ve been looking everyday for your video.
Wow those all look so good!! Good job guys!
Used to pick watermelons, big and heavy. We used to call them fist busters. The heart of the water melon is the best!
wow so awesome.
I have helped so many people pick out watermelons. I tell everyone to look for a dead stem and yellow belly. Also the more scars on the watermelon the sweeter it is. That means the bees were really working on it.
What a bunch of nonsense!!
This is why I love watching hahaha I love the excitement.
Great job. Keep up the great videos.
Ice cream goes great with cantaloupe I even put cottage cheese in mine. Great video loved growing both cantaloupe and watermelon when I had a garden.
Happy for you guys! The melons are making my mouth a waterfall lol 🤤🤤🤤
Hi Sarah and Kevin! That was a beautiful harvest. I hope you try Moon and Stars in your next summer garden. They look so pretty with that big yellow spot on them. Thanks for sharing. God Bless! Cheers!
I'm growing that and have 1. It's a bit bigger than their cantaloupes but no moon on it yet.
I REALLY appreciate your explanations of when things in your garden are ripe! As a first year gardener I'm always wondering if I'm picking things at the right time!
Midland texaswhere to buy watermalon
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Watermelon with salt on it yum
oh my goodness they sure look good. And well I'm going to give Kevin's ice cream and cantaloupe a try cuz it just sounded delicious.thanjs for sharing.have a blessed day.
Cantaloupe and watermelon with ice cream is good. Have made a milk shake with both and they are sooo good.
May God bless you and your family
Yes, I like cantaloupe with ice cream. Its like the old cream sickles I ate as a child.
Rock melon (cantaloupe) and ice cream is the best. Also with cream is really good.
So happy that your harvest was good.
holy tater tots!! it’s Christmas in August for you and the pigs!! 🤗. i love warm melon, fresh out of the garden!! 😋
I love my fruit warm also.
Rose Jafari ...........😋
I think I love all my fruit warm. I've heard that's a French thing. Don't know!! Lol
Susan Shughart .......me too! when it’s refrigerated, i think the chill takes some of the taste away! 🤷♀️
Beautiful melon harvest!
Cantaloupe filled with vanilla icecream is so good or cutup add cinnamon and use as an omelette filling. Your melon garden looks great. 👍🏼
Love both! They were beautiful! Nice to see such a wonderful harvest! I have never seen cantaloupe cut like that either!
Congrat frist watermelon enjoy greeting fr Saipan near Guam.
Vanilla ice cream and cantaloupe is the BEST way to eat them. I'm 73 and when I was very young girl my Grandpa would bring home fresh cantaloupe and we would sit together eating ice cream scooped into the middle the fruit bowl - such a sweet memory AND delicious treat, still. The combo together is just perfect. Maybe Sarah would like it that way?
I've seen lots of gardeners set their fruits on a bed of straw. Might help with splitting because they won't be sitting on an over wet ground. Just an idea guys, hope you enjoy them! 😀
cantaloupe and ice cream..oh my goodness it don't get any better!
Wow definitely some beautiful melons. I can just taste them myself. I grew cantaloupe one year & nothing as incredible as that taste.
Great job!! I would love to visit y'all at the Farmer"s Market.
Pam
lol I love it! I have eaten cantaloupe with ice cream for years! I always to try to eat it at least once a year. Congratulations on your melon harvest this year. It will be interesting to see how many you get to harvest for the season. Love and blessings!
My dad loved half a cantaloupe filled with ice cream.
Hey guys great video! Just a tip for u guys about the watermellon! When it reacts to being cut like that one, it means it is perfect to eat! It is always good when they crack upon being cut 😁 enjoy!
Love cantaloupe and watermelon!! Growing 8 varieties watermelon, 2 varieties each of honeydew and cantaloupe. So much = splitting before ripe..grr lol. Fighting the crazy tall grass in them. Your method with the ground cover is our next try next season. Very exciting to see your blessed harvest. Thanks for sharing & God bless 😁👍🙏❤
Everyone I watch that is using that ground cover is having success.
@@VickiTakacs. I know right! We are going to try it in a few areas.
@@YolklahomaRocks You do have to have irrigation under there though, right?
@@VickiTakacs. yes or you would need to do drip irrigation on top with emitters at the base of each plant.
@@VickiTakacs. I'm using it this year for the first time in Ohio & I have no irrigation.. I watered it twice in 1 month so far. It stays damp under there for a good long time.. we've had rain too but its hands down amazing stuff
Ice cream and cantaloupe is AWESOME!!!
Love the barefoot toe pointing! 😆 do it myself, all the time. Well momma, you know it's full on summer when you're in the garden barefooted! Have you tried sea salt on the cantaloupe?, it is a totally different taste - no - I'm not weird that's one of the ways we eat different melons in the south. Love you guys! ❤🥰😇 God bless and keep up the awesome work! May God's bounty continue to follow you!
20 thumbs downs? How can anyone give a thumbs down to a melon harvest video? Some people are just plain vile.
Great harvest, folks. I'm glad you got some success in growing melons this year!
Wish I lived near to get both kinds of melons at your farmers market!!
Informative and educational vixeo i love it. I learned a lot. Thank you and Mabuhay tayong lahat.
We live in Missouri and grew the Alibaba watermelon from Baker Creek and it is awesome.
Oooh that fresh watermelon looks AMAZING! I had major cancer surgery last summer and when I was recovering I had such a huge craving for watermelon and strawberries! I swear I must have eaten 10 large watermelons by myself during my recovery...lol...I still love them and enjoy eating till I'm full. How wonderful it must be to grow your own, and how fresh they must taste eating them directly after picking!
Kevin looks like he is birthing a baby, ha! I bet it feels like it! In Mexico they cut off the top of one of the ends, use a drill with one of those long bits, drill down into the watermelon turning it into juice, screw in a spigot on the side and drink the watermelon juice. They add Sprite or 7 up with ice and call it watermelon fresca. Congrats I'm happy for y'all ! ~Sidney
Everything looks delicious
Pickled watermelon rind. Man, Kevin is such a party pooper. Lol I would have said yes to eating watermelon all day.😂
How Awesome Kevin and Sarah! the melons look beautiful. Sarah, you can blend them and put them in ice cube tray and have melon cubes. Wow they sure look delicious! Congrats with the Awesome melons.
My great grandmother grew honeydew melons she lived near Branson MO. Maybe you could try them next year.
Love your channel
oh you should make watermelon rind pickles and watermelon jelly
The best Kim chi I have ever eaten was made from watermelon rind. Soooooo good.
Awesome watermelon wine too !
Makes killer barbeque sauce base also .
I'm 67 and I envy the two of you! I wish I had you life you seem to do so well. Love the garden! I live a small apartment and wish I could have a garden like yours. Love the fresh veggies! Wish you all the luck in the world and to you and yours!
Aw c'mon Kevin, an afternoon off eating melon sounds like a great idea...lol
That cantaloupe was amazing!! SO much thick flesh!
WOW!
And the strawberry watermelon looked good too.
Yum! Love watermelons but cantaloupe is not for me... congrats on your crop.
Wheres smell o vision when we need it😉 and taste o vision😁. Congratulations you two they look great.
The melons look delicious ! I’ve grown small ones here in Illinois but they never got big like yours. It must depend on the weather and soil type. When you cut into that melon and it popped I could almost smell the goodness! ❤️ your channel.
OMG! I thought Sarah is the task master of the family!!! Laughed at Kevin's "we got other stuff to do" mumble! lol!
Oh how AMAZING! Well done!