Pictures of my veggies please

[canadamike]

I have just been asked by Kokopelli to write a few articles for their magazine, a 36 pages color process thing published in french. Is has an 80,000 copies distribution, so quality of pictures has to be high.

I sent melons to a lot of you . here, it is terrible this year. Even the few healthy melons I have , out of 352 cultivars, have been stunted by the June draught, where we could not water because the well was dried up. Not good for transplants. And it's been terrible and cold ever since, but for a few days.

I need pictures of some of the melons I sent all over the place, as all I can show is leaves and some flowers, mostly male. PLEASE, IF YOU CAN HELP, IT WOULD BE GREAT. All I need is a picture of the melons. But a good one.

I have a 4 days grace period, it is going to press the 15th.

On the other hand, it will also discuss our work , since I have to explain what we do as Alan is coming with me and Tom Wagner in Europe, and they want to know more about what we do.

Tom, Alan and I will give workshops in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Tom will keep on alone in english ( I will translate in these 3 countries) in Danemark, Ireland, England, and maybe a few other ones, while Alan and I will meet seed savers, organizations and seed producers of importance in France and Belgium.

Frank, I need to coordinate something with you here...show up on the radar please

[sphinxeyes]

You can use the pics that I posted already of the melons I got from you. If you need something sharper or bigger just let me know. I have two more melons that I haven't cut into yet.

[grungy]

Michel, your timing is great as Dan is going to be documenting the melons and the squash tomorrow. I know that there is at least 3 Luneville melons in the patch and we can see what else is deciding to get some size to it.

[canadamike]

It is so nice to have friends

By the way, sphinxeyes, how are the melons doing???

[sphinxeyes]

Hard to tell. The ones I just picked were the only big ones, all of which ripened within a day of each other. There were only 3, one to each plant. There are some very small baby fruits left, but it looks like most of the flowers are done now. It's been raining off and on the past week, but tomorrow it's supposed to hit 98, which is probably the record high for the summer here. Maybe the burst of heat will get them going again. What else would help, a heavy dose of fertilizer? I've looked for the fish and kelp stuff at my garden center but haven't seen it sold anywhere. Should I order it online? Any recommended brand I should use?

[canadamike]

Listen girl, this is the worst year ever in your neck of the woods, same here, but colder and slightly worse. I put 352 cultivars in the gound and will probably eat no more than 2 or 3 melons, IF I eat them. And I have been around them melons for a long time, if anybody comes to lecture me on how to do it I kill the bastard

[PatrickW]

I hope you guys have a great time in France, Belgium and Switzerland. It's a beautiful part of Europe, and there are lots of nice people there.

[bunkie]

i didn't plant the 5 Luneville melon seeds this year michel...will do it next year, so no pics. i do have a patch of Farthest North growing for seed for Seed Ambassadors tho. i can take pics of those if you need them...they have fruit on them.

[lieven]

Are you all coming to Belgium? Great!! When? Where? I don't wanna miss you guys; let's have a good swap too!

[peapod]

Michel,
Do you still need photos. If so I can send you some asap via regular email. Or if you want let me know and I can post them on my photobucket account or snapfish. Just let me know.


I have a few. But as you we have been very cold and drought ridden.

I have 5 melons to photo.