Good Morning Buddy and Stephanie ❤. I feel so bad for you all with this crazy heat. I keep praying for rain for you all. 🙏 I'm so sorry about your garden.
Would make great frozen slush with or without alcohol to make an icy cold refreshing drink out of. I think I would add fresh squeezed lemon, lime or mint to it, puree in a blender, pour into a container to freeze and pull it out as you need it. I could even see it used to make a sherbet or sorbet with!
Hi Stephanie and Buddy. Not surprised the garden is a little fried considering the heat index you’ve had of late. Those water melons looked so good. Always wondered how you knew when the water melons were ready yours looked so good. Ripe and ready to go. Looking forward to seeing what you can come up with. Have a great day take care and God Bless. 🙏💕🍉
My parents always pick their watermelon after the 3rd curly cue after the watermelon dies off. They are always sooo good and ripe. They also grow Charleston Grey watermelon which seem to be the only ones that grow well in their garden.
I'm nervous to pick mine 😂. But it started to dry a few days ago it's like hard dried and the one above is dried! Been a few days over 5 weeks since the melons were pollinated and started growing
Do you guys ever do Sunday Dinner? Stephanie you and Buddy are such amazing cooks! Watermelon Feta Salad 1/4 cup virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 3 cups of cubed (no seeds) watermelon, 1 cup of cucumber chopped, 1 cup of crumbled feta. 1/2 cup of red onion thinly sliced, 1/2 cup coarsely chopped mint. Whisk together oil, vinegar and salt in bowl. In a large serving bowl combine watermelon, cucumber, feta, onion and mint. Add dressing and toss to coat. Garnish with more mint and flaky sea salt.
I feel ya on the heat. I'm in the Phoenix AZ area and is now 8:45pm and it's still 109 degrees..no rain for months and the lows are in the 90s. I have to water my garden twice a day. Right now it's mostly flowers I'm trying to keep alive. It wouldn't be so bad if the heat didn't last for months and months. The winters are great though so I guess that's why I'm still here.😊 Thank you for sharing your lives with us. I really enjoy your videos.
Bless,Luna was waiting for her piece 🥰🍉🐾 That was actually going to be my suggestion to use some of your 🍉😁 i make 🍉 & Greek yoghurt frozen treats for my dog 😄 Your garden really looked pretty good still! 😃 i was expecting yellow/brown & crispy! 😂 it’s still quite green 🌿👍 I have some very brown & crispy 🍂 scheffleras from the heat 😥😂 i watered them plenty,it just got too hot for them 🤷♀️
Candied rinds are good! Also try orange, lemon, and lime peels that are candied. They’re kind of a harder, firmer jelly. I can’t think of anything to compare them to…
I'm so glad I found this. I live in Western Australia, and I have a nice little crop of sugar babies. Not only are they delicious but they contain properties like nitric oxide that will help lower blood pressure, especially the white outside part. Thank you for the video❤ 🇦🇺
I would highly recommend some tall t-post and shade cloth. For that big of a garden you're going to need quite a few, but it will help out tremendously in the extreme heat. I had to put a shade cloth over my garden a few times this summer.
I love watermelon but on keto I can’t have that much. What I would do if I had many melon would be blend the red flesh and drink cold. Or if you had a family gathering I would make a large serving container of blended watermelon and add club soda to make it sparkling and lighter. A very refreshing party punch. Here in west central Wisconsin , we’ve had very little rain. I have to go outside and hand water my veggie and flower garden and my seeded lawn every day sometimes twice a day. We have heat indexes near 100 quite often but those fires in Canada make it very unhealthy to spend any time outside.
I have a friend that recently made watermelon jelly and done a video taste test...she seemed to love it and I can't wait to try it. Yall should try it!
Watermelon salsa! 🙌 Growing watermelon for my first year...I got one about that size I'll probably pick it for this labor day weekend..finger crossed it's ready!!!
Thank you for showing us when to pick our sugar baby melons; some of mine are getting close I have them in large pots same type! Thank you. It took a good 4-5 months to see them; they surely have growing great! Take care and God bless; watching you from Front Range of Colorado; we have been very hot as well; we are now just getting into the cooler fall weather off and on!
Great video! This is going to be helpful when I go check my sugar baby watermelons now. The first one I picked by size and it started to have a sun burn on top but it was ready. Yes lots of seeds, sweet but not overly but very juicy!
Im just watching new cantaloupe growing here, but I’m so proud - I’m the first to try growing them in my family and they’re coming along fine - in a huge planter on a trellis!
That one had a lot of seeds!!! I sent a link of watermelon rind pickles that you can find everywhere in NC that sounds a little like GiGi was talking about. But I guess you didn’t look at it. Your loss because they are delicious!!
Hey Steph I enjoy your channel so much. I admire your determination when starting your garden. Very large garden for never having an in ground garden. You need to check Vevor or someone to let you do a tryout of a freeze dryer. It would be a real game changer for you. I think they will jump at the opportunity to sponsor you.
They look refreshing but cantaloupe is still my favorite melon. When I was younger we would plug a big watermelon and take a bottle of light rum and let it soak into the watermelon in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Yummy…
Hi 👋 Denman Clan. How about watermelon popsicles, freezies or watermelon yogurt? Enjoyed your sweet watermelon 101. One of my fav classes! Although truth b told, we're spoiled n will only buy w.melons without seeds, even though it is a pretty melon. Thx 💙 for sharing your life n times Denmans. You are so loved ❤n appreciated. Many blessings 🙌 to you n your family. May G d keep you safe n well. ❤n 🙏 always. Elly 🇨🇦
Good afternoon Stephanie and Buddy. We up here in Saskatchewan with our Roughriders football team will have to google as we make watermelon heads with cut out watermelons. Another thing they do is make watermelon vodka shots. Watermelon cut up, vodka, gingerale, Freeze in fridge not fully solid pour into jello cups then freeze fully. You can get a better recipe from google too as I only taste them not make them. lol. HAGD.
That looks delish I like mine cold tho. Our watermelons are growing but this heat they may not make it. But our peas are coming in . I've heard of watermelon jelly but I don't make it
I have 1 Sugar baby waitng to harvest out of 5 lol. Growing in a pot, no space to grow in the ground. I'm happy with just 1 to try lol. Had no luck this is my 4 tried. First tried it all died when it started to flowers. Will try again next Spring.
I accidentally pruned one of my plants from the wrong side and then once I noticed I decided to cut open the watermelon. It was juicy but all lime green colour. I didn't trust tasting it as I thought it was too raw to eat. It's my first time with these sugar baby watermelons. They are all very dark green except one which is light green. They've been kept humid by their own leaves and watered every second day mainly at the trunk of the plant. They are in direct sunlight but they do have some shade offered by zucchini plants just South from them. The zucchinis which grew towards the watermelons grew very large, almost 800 grams and they hid very close to the watermelons. Last year I planted pumpkins in the same area and were ripe very early in July. I have quite a good amount of watermelons, so I think I'll just check them out more often in September and start trying them one at a time until I notice they'll be perfect to harvest and eat. When do they turn red inside? Can they ripen and stay green or yellow inside?
T😊he watermelon looks amazing. I love that and if you are alone this size is super. Can you replant the seeds? That would be great! Thanks for sharing. I love it! Please do. Bye 👋🇳🇱 
Watermelon do easily pop off when ready jet like she does. It’s not exactly like a cantaloupe popping off but similar. If your trundle is broken that’s a good way to tell if it’s ripe
What do you do with your Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds? I’m harvesting them now. Can you give me advice on how to use them for next time please? I loved your video!
Watermelon recipe quick and easy. Italian or French baguette bread (or any bread that will toast up well and make a two bite appetizer). Toast bread, spread with creamy goat cheese, thin slice watermelon to fit on toast, drizzle a little honey on top and to add color and flavor thin slice basil into stripes and sprinkle a little on top. Serve and enjoy. Quick appetizer and refreshing. You can use cream cheese to substitute for creamy goat cheese either is tasty.
This video appeared on my feed this morning. I didn't see your new garage/barn so I looked and the video is a year old. Go figure. If you ever again have a surplus of watermelon maybe watermelon wine or watermelon jelly would be fun.
Hi there! So I live here in Henrietta Texas and I am growing sugar babies I pulled my first one about a week ago it was a nice dark green and had a good yellow spot the little curly q thing was brown and when I cut it open it was still White. It was not right at all is there any other way that I can know that they are ready to be harvested this is the first year I've done them so I'm kind of ignorant about it😊
First time growing sugar baby watermelons this year. The plants have thrived and I’ve harvested two so far. They have the faintest scent of, 🤢, I think onion, and they don’t taste good either as you might expect. I’m a novice gardener. This is the first time planting in this area of my yard, which I used to use for burning brush etc. Any advice? Is the soil just nasty over here maybe? Thanks for considering.
@@TheBuddyd thank you sorry for all the questions but I’ve done that and my seeds mold. How can I stop that I put them on paper towels and lay them out.
@@estaross6934 you might not be letting them dry long enough. Steph usually has them drying for 2-3 weeks and then stores them in a sealed jar or envelope after she is sure there is no moisture.
Do you have a freeze drier? I wonder if it would be good that way? Especially in the middle of the winter. I have watched Cog Hill and they even freeze dry some tomatoes so they can enjoy then mid winter
Good Morning Buddy and Stephanie ❤. I feel so bad for you all with this crazy heat. I keep praying for rain for you all. 🙏 I'm so sorry about your garden.
Would make great frozen slush with or without alcohol to make an icy cold refreshing drink out of. I think I would add fresh squeezed lemon, lime or mint to it, puree in a blender, pour into a container to freeze and pull it out as you need it. I could even see it used to make a sherbet or sorbet with!
Thanks for sharing. I never new when growing watermelons when to pick. Now I do.
Hi Stephanie and Buddy. Not surprised the garden is a little fried considering the heat index you’ve had of late. Those water melons looked so good. Always wondered how you knew when the water melons were ready yours looked so good. Ripe and ready to go. Looking forward to seeing what you can come up with. Have a great day take care and God Bless. 🙏💕🍉
Good Tuesday morning, Stephanie and Buddy. I like the small watermelon 🍉 it's the right size for me. 😊
Buddy & Steph thanks for letting us know how to pick a watermelon 👍🙏🏼👍🐰🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My parents always pick their watermelon after the 3rd curly cue after the watermelon dies off. They are always sooo good and ripe. They also grow Charleston Grey watermelon which seem to be the only ones that grow well in their garden.
I'm nervous to pick mine 😂. But it started to dry a few days ago it's like hard dried and the one above is dried! Been a few days over 5 weeks since the melons were pollinated and started growing
im going to count n see if any curly cues ready
yay I have 3 dead curly cues!! its ready !!! whoop whoop!! 1st watermelon of my garden! so excited! making a video on my channel.@@karmen9514
Was it ripe?@@karmen9514
Do you guys ever do Sunday Dinner? Stephanie you and Buddy are such amazing cooks! Watermelon Feta Salad 1/4 cup virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 3 cups of cubed (no seeds) watermelon, 1 cup of cucumber chopped, 1 cup of crumbled feta. 1/2 cup of red onion thinly sliced, 1/2 cup coarsely chopped mint. Whisk together oil, vinegar and salt in bowl. In a large serving bowl combine watermelon, cucumber, feta, onion and mint. Add dressing and toss to coat. Garnish with more mint and flaky sea salt.
That sounds delicious! I love mint!
I feel ya on the heat. I'm in the Phoenix AZ area and is now 8:45pm and it's still 109 degrees..no rain for months and the lows are in the 90s. I have to water my garden twice a day. Right now it's mostly flowers I'm trying to keep alive. It wouldn't be so bad if the heat didn't last for months and months. The winters are great though so I guess that's why I'm still here.😊 Thank you for sharing your lives with us. I really enjoy your videos.
Same here Az, Maricopa water 2x daily morning and evening. Waitng to harvest my first Sugar baby
This looks delicious!😊🕯💧🧡💜🧡
Luna was waiting for a piece of watermelon .. poor thing ❤
Lol she's not a poor thing. They take very good care of her.
@@courtneyw6378Luna said, “but, it was Watermelon!” 😂
@@terrymueller7394 👍🏼
I agree!
Bless,Luna was waiting for her piece 🥰🍉🐾
That was actually going to be my suggestion to use some of your 🍉😁
i make 🍉 & Greek yoghurt frozen treats for my dog 😄
Your garden really looked pretty good still! 😃 i was expecting yellow/brown & crispy! 😂 it’s still quite green 🌿👍
I have some very brown & crispy 🍂 scheffleras from the heat 😥😂 i watered them plenty,it just got too hot for them 🤷♀️
I am glad you showed this....I planted sugar babies and crimson sweets this year. ....and Hales best cantelopes.
Nicely done as always. Stay safe
Candied rinds are good! Also try orange, lemon, and lime peels that are candied. They’re kind of a harder, firmer jelly. I can’t think of anything to compare them to…
Oh that looks so good. Wish they sold them up here.
Thank you for this video! I am growing watermelon (Sugar baby), for the first time and this is the information I needed. 🙏🏿😊
Have a watermelon seed spitting contest, with the whole family!🤩
Thanks for sharing, Stephanie and Buddy! Looks yummy! Keep on keepin' on!
OMG! Sugar babies are the best ever. That's the only watermelon i eat through out the summer.
I'm so glad I found this. I live in Western Australia, and I have a nice little crop of sugar babies. Not only are they delicious but they contain properties like nitric oxide that will help lower blood pressure, especially the white outside part. Thank you for the video❤ 🇦🇺
Nothing better then garden fresh 🐝🐮🐓🦚🦚🌻🐐🐈⬛🐈⬛🦆
You two, are so adorable.❤
I would highly recommend some tall t-post and shade cloth. For that big of a garden you're going to need quite a few, but it will help out tremendously in the extreme heat. I had to put a shade cloth over my garden a few times this summer.
I agree Buddy, 9PM to 9AM.😍😍😍🐾🐾🐾
Have you ever had mango salsa? It is absolutely delicious.
I think Gi was referring to watermelon rind preserves. Mama used to make them. Google, there are recipes there :)
I think so as well.
I ate pickled watermelon rind a long time ago and enjoyed it.
I had a lady stop me the other day and ask me where I got my shirt. I sent her to your page. Love y'all
Cog hill farm just freeze dried watermelon and they loved it.
I love watermelon but on keto I can’t have that much. What I would do if I had many melon would be blend the red flesh and drink cold. Or if you had a family gathering I would make a large serving container of blended watermelon and add club soda to make it sparkling and lighter. A very refreshing party punch.
Here in west central Wisconsin , we’ve had very little rain. I have to go outside and hand water my veggie and flower garden and my seeded lawn every day sometimes twice a day. We have heat indexes near 100 quite often but those fires in Canada make it very unhealthy to spend any time outside.
I have a friend that recently made watermelon jelly and done a video taste test...she seemed to love it and I can't wait to try it. Yall should try it!
I always look forward to eating my breakfast and watching your newest video
Watermelon salsa! 🙌 Growing watermelon for my first year...I got one about that size I'll probably pick it for this labor day weekend..finger crossed it's ready!!!
Nice garden I have 8 coming on right now first time! Thanks for the advice
Brooke @ Mrs Cog hill farm freeze dried her watermelon it turned out great
This year is my first time growing watermelon. You showed exactly how to know it’s ripe. l will go outside now and check mine. Thank you!!
Thank you for showing us when to pick our sugar baby melons; some of mine are getting close I have them in large pots same type! Thank you. It took a good 4-5 months to see them; they surely have growing great! Take care and God bless; watching you from Front Range of Colorado; we have been very hot as well; we are now just getting into the cooler fall weather off and on!
Yum yum I love watermelon. Of course with salt.
The water melon looks delicious.
Great video! This is going to be helpful when I go check my sugar baby watermelons now. The first one I picked by size and it started to have a sun burn on top but it was ready. Yes lots of seeds, sweet but not overly but very juicy!
That’s good information for someone that grows watermelons, or if a person is allowed to pick one. ❤ Sheila T (ST)
Watermelons are a favorite food in my family.
Im just watching new cantaloupe growing here, but I’m so proud - I’m the first to try growing them in my family and they’re coming along fine - in a huge planter on a trellis!
Thanks for sharing your video 😇
Thank you for this video I was wondering when my watermelon would be ready to harvest .
Love the small Thai watermelon because it has very small immature seeds. AKA seedless.
Daniel’s real Man knife 😂
🤣😂
‼️👍Love watermelon Stephanie and Buddy thank you for sharing.😊‼️
It's looks good. The only wat to eat Mellon is slicing or chunking the pieces. Yummy with a little salt. Thankyou have a great day.
Thanks for the tip.
Candied, watermelon rinds!❤❤
My favorite Agua Fresca is watermelon 🍉. Hope you make it. So refreshing cold during hot days.
Good morning my Texas family ❤❤❤❤❤
oh yum they look great love sugar babies
The cat in the background putting its paw in the food! Lol
That one had a lot of seeds!!! I sent a link of watermelon rind pickles that you can find everywhere in NC that sounds a little like GiGi was talking about. But I guess you didn’t look at it. Your loss because they are delicious!!
Hey Steph I enjoy your channel so much. I admire your determination when starting your garden. Very large garden for never having an in ground garden.
You need to check Vevor or someone to let you do a tryout of a freeze dryer. It would be a real game changer for you. I think they will jump at the opportunity to sponsor you.
They look refreshing but cantaloupe is still my favorite melon. When I was younger we would plug a big watermelon and take a bottle of light rum and let it soak into the watermelon in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Yummy…
Hi 👋 Denman Clan.
How about watermelon popsicles, freezies or watermelon yogurt?
Enjoyed your sweet watermelon 101. One of my fav classes! Although truth b told, we're spoiled n will only buy w.melons without seeds,
even though it is a pretty melon.
Thx 💙 for sharing your life n times Denmans. You are so loved ❤n appreciated.
Many blessings 🙌 to you n your family. May G d keep you safe n well.
❤n 🙏 always. Elly 🇨🇦
The sugar babies are a good watermelon. I like the smaller watermelon. Good luck on making many different things from the watermelon.
You can use the rinds to make watermelon preserves to sounds like what Buddy is describing
I picked 2 with both dry but cut and all was white inside yet so most likely let the stem turn also. I'm still waiting yummmmmm
Good afternoon Stephanie and Buddy. We up here in Saskatchewan with our Roughriders football team will have to google as we make watermelon heads with cut out watermelons. Another thing they do is make watermelon vodka shots. Watermelon cut up, vodka, gingerale, Freeze in fridge not fully solid pour into jello cups then freeze fully. You can get a better recipe from google too as I only taste them not make them. lol. HAGD.
Good tip.
That looks delish I like mine cold tho. Our watermelons are growing but this heat they may not make it. But our peas are coming in . I've heard of watermelon jelly but I don't make it
Watermelon 🍉 yum yum ❤❤❤❤❤
Loved the video
Lina wanted a bite of watermelon guys! Your watermelon looked delicious snd refreshing ! God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻🌈🌈
Making me drool🥰
Hi gorgeous ❤from Chattanooga TN Where everything's 15 minutes away.😂much Love ❤️
I have 1 Sugar baby waitng to harvest out of 5 lol. Growing in a pot, no space to grow in the ground. I'm happy with just 1 to try lol. Had no luck this is my 4 tried. First tried it all died when it started to flowers. Will try again next Spring.
Looks yummy 🥰❤️
Good Morning Buddy and Stephanie 💙 Thanks for sharing this with us 😀 🙏 🤔 I had never heard of sugar baby watermelon 🍉 🙄☺️ Sounds yummy 😋
Hello Denman family. Question how often do you water your garden. My watermelon sadly didn't survive due texas heat 😢 thank you
I accidentally pruned one of my plants from the wrong side and then once I noticed I decided to cut open the watermelon. It was juicy but all lime green colour. I didn't trust tasting it as I thought it was too raw to eat. It's my first time with these sugar baby watermelons. They are all very dark green except one which is light green. They've been kept humid by their own leaves and watered every second day mainly at the trunk of the plant. They are in direct sunlight but they do have some shade offered by zucchini plants just South from them. The zucchinis which grew towards the watermelons grew very large, almost 800 grams and they hid very close to the watermelons. Last year I planted pumpkins in the same area and were ripe very early in July. I have quite a good amount of watermelons, so I think I'll just check them out more often in September and start trying them one at a time until I notice they'll be perfect to harvest and eat. When do they turn red inside? Can they ripen and stay green or yellow inside?
If where melon sits on ground is Manila envelope color it's ready.
Try letting the stem of the melon turn brown before picking. My grandfather grew acres of watermelon. ❤🙏
Cheers! Funny thing... I'm watching this, eating from our first sugar baby of the year.
Good job. I’m lazy I like seed less melons lol
T😊he watermelon looks amazing. I love that and if you are alone this size is super. Can you replant the seeds? That would be great! Thanks for sharing. I love it! Please do. Bye 👋🇳🇱

Sounds like a good watermelon.
Mamma Bairds did a watermelon lemonade concentrate.
Watermelon do easily pop off when ready jet like she does. It’s not exactly like a cantaloupe popping off but similar. If your trundle is broken that’s a good way to tell if it’s ripe
What do you do with your Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds? I’m harvesting them now. Can you give me advice on how to use them for next time please? I loved your video!
Good morning
Sugar babies watermelon are so cute to me. I watermelon juice I bet they would taste good blended into a smoothie.
How did that irrigation set up work as far as watering as things got so hot and dry. Did it tell you when to water?
Watermelon recipe quick and easy. Italian or French baguette bread (or any bread that will toast up well and make a two bite appetizer). Toast bread, spread with creamy goat cheese, thin slice watermelon to fit on toast, drizzle a little honey on top and to add color and flavor thin slice basil into stripes and sprinkle a little on top. Serve and enjoy. Quick appetizer and refreshing. You can use cream cheese to substitute for creamy goat cheese either is tasty.
This video appeared on my feed this morning. I didn't see your new garage/barn so I looked and the video is a year old. Go figure. If you ever again have a surplus of watermelon maybe watermelon wine or watermelon jelly would be fun.
Hi Steph and Buddy 😊
Have you ever done candy watermelon Rhine I could not ever find a recipe for that and it's supposed to be delicious
Hi there! So I live here in Henrietta Texas and I am growing sugar babies I pulled my first one about a week ago it was a nice dark green and had a good yellow spot the little curly q thing was brown and when I cut it open it was still White. It was not right at all is there any other way that I can know that they are ready to be harvested this is the first year I've done them so I'm kind of ignorant about it😊
First time growing sugar baby watermelons this year. The plants have thrived and I’ve harvested two so far. They have the faintest scent of, 🤢, I think onion, and they don’t taste good either as you might expect. I’m a novice gardener. This is the first time planting in this area of my yard, which I used to use for burning brush etc. Any advice? Is the soil just nasty over here maybe? Thanks for considering.
I make Watermelon rind jelly and it doesn't even taste like watermelon, so good, I got recipe off the internet ❤❤❤
How do you save your seeds? I’m growing watermelons for the first time this year well tried last year but didn’t get any critters ate them.
Let your fruit get ripe or even overripe and then take the seeds and let them air dry and store them in a cool dark place for next year.
@@TheBuddyd thank you sorry for all the questions but I’ve done that and my seeds mold. How can I stop that I put them on paper towels and lay them out.
@@estaross6934 you might not be letting them dry long enough. Steph usually has them drying for 2-3 weeks and then stores them in a sealed jar or envelope after she is sure there is no moisture.
@@TheBuddyd thank you so much!!!
Do you have a freeze drier? I wonder if it would be good that way? Especially in the middle of the winter. I have watched Cog Hill and they even freeze dry some tomatoes so they can enjoy then mid winter
They also just did watermelon wedges off the rind .. turned out great for snacks all winter long !!
There is a watermelon rind jam you can make!
Hi 👋 Stephanie 🎉❤
Yummy 😋