6. Use pants to protect melons
Supplies needed: rope and pants
Made for $10
Your melons are the result of a lot of labor; therefore, the last thing you want is for them to go bad. Your fruit can be prevented from decaying by using pantyhose to hold the melons up above the ground and prevent the bottom from becoming rotten.
Wear pants to keep melons safe (@arielrebaugh/Pinterest).
Make sure the bottoms of the cantaloupe and the pantyhose contact each other each other as you wrap the hose around it. Pull and gather the hosiery at the top so that you can wrap a length of twine around the gathered area. This will prevent the melon from rotting by raising it off the ground.