Twice as many melons swell on the vine this summer, and they need support before the all-you-can-eat buffet opens for insects on the ground. Click here to see last year’s crop, and stay tuned for a new and improved hosiery hammock/trampoline design…
Honeydew Melon
Savoring Honeydewed Success
From short, anxious runners wrangled from the edges of a 3×5 ft raised bed back in May, to scores of tenacious tendrils gripping a homemade bamboo trellis, one flower that took to paintbrush IVF turned out delicious. Continue reading
Pantyhose Honeydew Hammocks
The melon above sat on the ground just long enough for something to bore a pencil sized hole into the outer rind. Now suspended, hopefully that’ll be the last visitor until havest. More hammocks…
The Orbs
Back from a week surfing, the honeydew now commandeer back door steps and hand rails. More orbs…
Honeydew Melon, Cucumis melo
This is the Trellis Summer. Sun gold tomatoes at home and in our classroom bed find bambooed support culled from an invasion in the school’s wildlife habitat fit for a family of pandas. Ladders of hemp twine scale vertical bamboo cuts, which (so far) supply enough structure for the bite-sized alkaline orbs. But it’s the honeydew I’m worried about. More about my first go at honeydew…
Bartram’s Scrub-Hairstreak, Strymon acis
Hopefully one of these guys pollinated the honeydew plants this morning.
Pedagogy of the Plants 