One of my favorite summer plantings!
Growing watermelons is amazingly fun and satisfying and easy enough for the novice gardener. The watermelon variety "Moon & Stars" is a variety that was originally introduced commercially in 1920 as "Sun, Moon, and Stars" but was growing in American family gardens for decades before that. In the 1970s, Kent Whealy of the Seed Savers Exchange began a long search for this reputedly delicious and easy to grow melon. For several years, his search was futile and he concluded that this heritage watermelon was lost forever.
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