National Watermelon Day 2023

We've been eating a lot of watermelon lately here at the hermatage. Some how the summer time brings on this craving for that sweet moisture — and those fringe benefits of fiber and gut health. Watermelon was a big part of my childhood up to that time I realized that the situation wasn't all I had hoped for on the farm ... and so I departed never to return.

That pretty much qwelled the watermelon consumption for me personally until much later in my life. The 92 percent water and the 8 percent other constituents have a very soothing effect in the 98 degrees and 99 percent humidity here in South Carolina.

Today we have National Watermelon Day.

It happens each August 3rd and celebrates the varieties of all the watermelon types on the planet.

I am particularly fond of those Japanese square watermelons created with plexiglas mold during the growing phase. However, I'm not one to shun a nice ripe Charleson Gray either.

Whichever of the 300 or so red to white large to small varieties you choose today is the day to enjoy that juicy watermelon ... with or without seeds.

Happy National Watermelon Day !