Success - Epilog

Well, the best beloved 'Moon & Stars' came out of the fridge this afternoon, and went under the knife. The long and short of it is that it wasn't quite completely ripe. I got the ripest parts cut out, and they were fairly sweet, but not what they would have been if I could have squeezed a few more weeks out of the growing season. However, with 2 hard freezes this week followed by daytime temps in the upper 30's and a light dusting of snow this morning, it wasn't to be. Still, I choose to look on the bright side - I got my melon after lo these many years, what little I got from it tasted reasonably good, and now I can move on and quit obsessing about growing a bloody 'Moon & Stars' watermelon!