Two good things

[torquill]

1) I made a watermelon. I have only a suspicion of what variety it is (it was a volunteer, though I haven't planted too many which are yellow/orange inside) but apparently I rolled well and picked it at just the right time. It could be sweeter, but it's very juicy and has good flavor and great texture. It's the best I've ever done with home-grown watermelons. (I've heard that figuring out when to pick them takes something like ESP.)

2) When I came back to my car at the BART station late Wednesday night, someone had tucked two BART tickets under my wiper blade. $0.10 and $9.90. Ten dollars in free BART fare... thank you, anonymous donor!

I have to wonder whether the appearance of the tickets had anything to do with the little Chinese Money Frog statuette I tacked to my dashboard last week. ;)

Comments

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Does the watermelon have seeds? What's your take on seedless varieties of anything?

And... lucky you! What a nice gesture to receive free BART tickets. I wonder if anyone else made out that night?

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

The watermelon does have seeds... I'm saving them on the off chance that it didn't outcross with another watermelon variety (there are at least two watermelon vines out there). If it did, well, hopefully the result will be tasty. :)

I'm not captivated by seedless varieties, but I don't mind them. I grow a hybrid cuke which is pathenogenetic (female-only, doesn't need a male) just because it tastes great and it's prolific; if anything, the difficulty in getting seeds for it is a downside. I save a lot of seeds in my garden just for ease of replanting, especially if I know the outcrossing statistics for that species or if I only grow one variety.

I find that there are only a few seedless watermelon varieties available, and they're all pretty standard picnic-style reds. I like trying the odd or heirloom ones, which means seeds... the seeds on this one were pretty chunky, which makes them easier to pry out on the counter before serving. I don't mind eating them, either.