how cool is this? a home grown watermelon in the city! who knew. my parents live on a lake and they planted a watermelon patch near the lake line. i have a feeling that had something to do with the success of this beauty! while they were out of town recently, i went over to their house to pillage, i mean tend, to their garden. i picked two watermelons, a ton of cherry tomatoes, a few cucumbers, and some basil. by the way, cherry tomatoes are a real pain in the butt to pick. they are so small and hide all in the vines. i don't think i will be planting any of those in the near future. back to the watermelon. there must be some way to tell if the melons are ready to harvest. clearly something i don't know. i was going to make my client a watermelon soup and had boasted to her about the watermelon i picked from my parents' garden. how it was going to be the best watermelon she has had...i was so proud. but when i cut into it, it was white! so i cut into the second one i picked, white! i sorta felt bad that i stripped this watermelon of fulfilling its only purpose in life. am i weird?