Lasterday corks arrive just in time
Its official, we have a cork with our name on them! Just in time for bottling of watermelon wine.
The watermelon wine is really clear after filtering.
Watermelon Wine making time
Picked the watermelons and time to make the wine. First time at making watermelon wine but here goes.
Pressing the watermelon:
Making a yeast starter so I can get a faster fermentation going. Watermelon juice spoils quickly so gotta get it bubbling quickly.
Yeast added to watermelon must.
The fermentation is going well.
Almost at the end of primary and the color is changing to a lighter color.
After racking to carboy I see this wine will be white when done. Did not know that. Discovered most vintners put strawberries in the wine to get that pink color you expect.
First watermelon
It looked big and ready, but it wasn’t. Leaned that you need to look at the tendril closest to the melon. It needs to look dried up and like a pigs tail. Also the bottom on the melon should look a little yellow not white as mine did. It was okay, just not near as sweet as it should be.
Vegetables are growing, so are the weeds
Cumber, watermelon, corn, and pumpkins are all doing well. I did plant pumpkins way too soon. They will be ready in Sept. Oh well live and learn.
Check them out, they are stretching upward
So far so good. Everything I planted is coming up…
Planting day
Planted today. With a little luck we will have some watermelon, and pumpkins and cucumbers.
Adding a garden this year
Decided I would finally start that garden. Plan to grow corn, watermelon, pumpkin, at a minimum. Nothing like spending some good quality time on your tractor and playing the in dirt! Best medicine for a hard week in the office.
Before and After
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