The Watermelon Harvest

In June this year, on one of our wanders around the Estremoz Market, we bought a black watermelon, a striped watermelon and a melon to plant.

With the very hot weather this summer, and the daily water these plants need, my grandfather was put in charge of the watering, which, with Isabel's help and our few visits here, got done one way or another.

But the summer really was hot, the planting had no fertiliser at all, and one striped watermelon made it. A big watermelon, and we believed a juicy one, which Tiago, with the supervision of his father Pedro and his sister Clarinha, harvested for us after a few hearty tugs, as it was very heavy and held fast by the stem.

In conclusion, a lovely, sweet watermelon to refresh the appetite in these days of intense summer heat. Thank you to everyone who took part!