The Watermelon Farm

For the past 12 years, my family has been in the watermelon business. Business is a very loose term in this case being we normally just give away over 100 watermelons a year. This is something my granddad loves to do. We grow them in very sandy soil (Little Sand Mountain). Sandy soil has more nutrients and accepts water more frequently (if it rains). The roots easily grow in sand because it is of course not as dense as soil. This makes it perfect for our watermelon. The downside is that dry seasons really take a toll on the crop since sand cannot hold water as well. Since watermelon require full sun, it is best for them to be in a field (which is pretty difficult to manually water), so we depend on rain every summer. Here are a few photos I took from our last gathering of the season. Im already looking forward to next years crop.