Watermelon

Petite Yellow Watermelon

How do you tell when a watermelon is ripe?

One clue may be size.
This is supposed to be the size for a small family.
It should fit in a refrigerator.
Looks ripe to me.

It weighs 20 pounds - gotta be a hungry small family!

The seeds do not look ripe. 

It's juicy, but the flavor has not fully developed.

The seeds are immature.

The chickens will love it.

Fortunately, there are more melons ripening.

Another sign that it's ripe is when the stem dries.
This stem was not dry.
We'll have to see if that becomes a better clue that it's ripe.

Chickens and Tractor

It's still early spring, and the trees have just begun to think about putting out their leaves.

The gardens need to be readied for planting.

Oh, Boy!

Now we have happy chickens.

They run after the tractor to scratch in the newly turned earth.

Sometimes the chickens lead the way.

"Over here, guy, turn it over here!"

They don't seem to have trouble staying out of the way.

And this is sooooo much easier than scratching hard soil!