August 2017 - July 2018 Calendar Template Page 4
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24Wate r m elon
Squash
As a melon, we’re part of the larger
My name is Walter Watermelon. My brothers and
sisters and I are round or oblong and have a
gourd family and cucumbers and
It!
smooth hard rind (thick skin), usually green
squash are my cousins.
with dark green stripes. I have a juicy,
sweet flesh inside that is deep red to pink,
but some of my fellow watermelons are
orange, yellow, or white inside.
I have hard, black seeds
+200
inside me, but some others
don’t. Texas is ranked third
in the country for growing
+100
watermelons, and we are the
state’s largest garden crop.
You’ll see us growing on long
+50
vines in patches, or large areas
Fun
of a farm.
Color the
FACT
Launch
melon
1
Watermelon festivals
Pa d
are common in
2
Texas, including
WATERMELON
the What-A-Melon
3
GROWING REGIONS
Festival in Center,
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Alexandra’s Refreshing
1. The High Plains
Texas; the Hempstead
2. East Texas
Watermelon Festival;
Wate r m elon Sala d
3. Winter Garden
and the Luling
4. Rio Grande Valley
Watermelon Thump.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup fresh spring greens • 1 cup fresh cilantro • 1 cup fresh
watermelon, cubed • ½ cup red grapes, halved • ¼ cup walnuts,
Joke of the
chopped • ¼ cup Feta cheese • 4 whole-grain dinner rolls
• 2 teaspoons butter
month
PREPARATION
Q: When do you
In a large salad bowl, mix all ingredients together. Arrange the salad
go at red and stop
mixture on a platter and serve with whole-grain dinner rolls spread
at green?
with grass-fed butter, if possible. Enjoy!!!
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