Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

If you're from around these parts (as the old timers say), then you know Ronnie Couch has a green thumb. This year's crop was one for the books; the record books! According to his wife Donna, some of them are lucky to have survived. By the marks on some of the melons, and the influx of bear sightings in and around the community, they wonder if a hungry bear or other large animal was after them! His biggest watermelon for 2023 weighed a whopping 60 pounds!