essay 1-02b: Watermelon

I want to ask questions to you. Do you like a watermelon? Have you already eaten a watermelon this year? It is summer soon. People will eat watermelon in this summer. I have eaten it yet. It was good. I tell you about some sites of watermelon. I found them to search for watermelon, how to grow, and recipe. I chose them, because it is easy to know watermelon.

First, I write about the site of National Watermelon Promotion Board. This site is easy to see. It is colorful site. The site reports the recipes of watermelons every month. There are many kinds of recipes. I guess that you will know the recipe for the first time. There are some recipes which I don’t know. The recipes of watermelon are not dessert. For example, it is Grilled Spicy Watermelon. This was seasoned with Thai-inspired sauce. The other recipes exist at this site. But I want to eat watermelon as dessert. It is delicious to eat watermelon just as it is.

Second, I write about the site of Watch Your Garden Grow. This site tells us how to grow some vegetable and fruits. It contains how to grow watermelon. Have you grown vegetables or fruits? This site is useful to grow them. It tells us recommend varieties of watermelon, when to plant, spacing and depth, care, harvesting, common problems and others. Watermelon grows best on a sandy loam soil, it requires considerable space. Plant seed one inch deep in hills spaced 6 feet apart. And its watering is seldom necessary unless the weather turns dry for a long time. Determining when watermelon is ripe is difficult for almost people. When watermelon was harvested is when light green curly tendrils of watermelon turn brown and dry, the surface color turn dull, the skin becomes resistant to penetration by thumbnail. Common problem of watermelon is cucumber beetles. They attack watermelon plants. Also it has history of watermelon. Watermelon seeds were brought from Africa. Today there are more than 100 different varieties of watermelons. The flesh may be red, pink, orange or yellow. I like the watermelon which flesh is red. Watermelon is a warm season vegetable. It can be grown in all part of the world. It is easy to grow for a beginner.

Third, I write about the site of Tropical Permaculture. This site tells us how to grow vegetables and fruits just like a following site. If you look this site, you can know how to grow watermelon from seed. It explains concretely with pictures. Originally this site tells permaculture. Permaculture is design system to produce a permanent, suitable environment for man. It needs to observe nature system well, to learn wisdom of traditional life and agriculture, to join modern technology. Tropical Permaculture is interesting idea.

The three sites tell us about watermelon and other information. I recommend you to see these sites. National Watermelon Promotion shows us a lot of recipes which use watermelon. It may be useful for you, if you want to eat watermelon in a different type from always. We can know how to grow watermelon if we read and see Watch Your Garden grow and Tropical Permaculture.

My mother said that my grandfather grows watermelon from a plant in his field. I am interested in watermelon. I want to observe the plant to grow up. He will give me watermelon which he grew. I am looking forward to eat it in this summer.

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Reference
Watermelon org. National Watermelon Promotion Board. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.watermelon.org/index.asp.
Watermelon. Watch Your Garden Grow. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/watermelon1.html.
Tropical Permaculuture. Growing watermelon. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-watermelons.html.