If you see this graphic going around the #gardening section of Mastodon, none of this is true about whether a watermelon is sweet or not. The stripe patterns and shape of the #watermelon have no bearing on flavor. Ripeness is indicated by the size/amount of the yellow patch on one side.
Trinidad #ScorpionPepper & #CarolinaReaper - 2 of the #HotPeppers varieties that I'm growing this year. I only have 4 of each plant. All are inside my DIY scrap wood greenhouse.
This "Sugar Baby" weighs in at about 12 lbs. (5.5 kg) and cost $2.99 ("On Sale"). The melon was grown within a few miles of where I'm writing this—"local produce."
She's been in the fridge for almost 48 hours and will be coldcold at the slicing ceremony this afternoon. BIL has agreed to do the honors. I don't fare well with large knives and even-larger melons.
The watermelon emoji may be universally used to represent Palestinian resistance to occupation, but its meaning isn’t as widely understood — especially for users who aren’t as familiar with internet culture’s coded language. Tech Crunch explains: https://flip.it/8DzkQV #Tech#Technology#Watermelon#Palestine
Crochet watermelon slices and Right to Return Keys - these homemade bag charms and other crafts will be for sale for donations to Medical Aid Palestine plus I will be sharing the patterns at our Crafts for Palestine afternoon at the Devonshire Arms, Cambridge on Sunday 14th April between 12 and 4pm. All welcome, come and craft together, share skills and raise funds for MAP. #MedicalAidForPalestine#Palestine#CraftsForPalestine#Crafts#Crochet#CrochetWatermelon#Watermelon
Students expressed their thoughts on signs - “Yes we should all be in school even the children of #Gaza” - as they marched through the city.(ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
#ProPalestineAlgoSpeak: After the 1967 Mideast war, the Israeli government cracked down on displays of the Palestinian flag in #Gaza and the West Bank. In Ramallah in 1980, the military shut down a gallery run by three artists because they showed political art and works in the colors of the Palestinian flag — red, green, black and white…
In protest, people began to wave the fruit in public.
“There are stories of young men who defiantly walked the streets with slices of the fruit, risking arrest from Israeli soldiers,” Jerusalem-born author Mahdi Sabbagh wrote. “When I see a #watermelon, I think of the unbreakable spirit of our people.” #AntiPalestinianMcCartyIsm#SurveilanceCapitalismBorderRule