Watermelon Sex

You read that right...today I will be posting about watermelon sex.

The other night while watering the garden we discovered this little surprise.

I was excited.  Not only was it the cutest little watermelon ever, I was really looking forward to the big, juicy, yummy fruit I would be eating in a few weeks.

The next night I went out and discovered a black, rotten globe of disgustingness.

A quick visit to my friend Google pointed out the likely culprit of improper pollination.  Apparently the bees in my yard are not doing their job.

Solution: hand pollination.  That's right, this morning I picked a few of the male blossoms and rubbed their pollen-y middles over a few of my female blossoms so that they would be properly pollinated.  That's right, I preformed watermelon sex.

These things better be delicious with the extra care I had to give them.