Homegrown Watermelons!

A few of the watermelons we got off of  the vine yesterday. We didn't intentionally plant them. They just came up from where we threw out seeds last year. If I had known it was that easy to grow them, we'd have done it long before now if we had the room. The vines ended up taking over about 1/2 of our yard.

Here is one we cut about a week ago. It was red inside (obviously), but not very sweet. I can't wait to cut one tomorrow and see how tastes. We know nothing in regards to when they are ready to be picked, so we've been just picking them when we thought they looked ready. That was not the greatest idea. We've had several that were still solid white inside. The 'melons that were picked yesterday, had to be brought in. The vines were dried out. Lets hope they are ripe. Wish us luck!

The Fruits of Our Labors

Michael and I didn't really plant much in the way of a garden this year. So technically, these aren't really the fruits of our labors. They are the fruits of natures labors.

 We had some tomatoes come up on their own from seeds we had tossed out. I can't wait to have fried green tomatoes. Yum. Last year we planted tomatoes and they didn't do near as well as these have that came up on their own. I am going to attempt to save the seeds and plant several of them next year.

Our watermelons came up on their own as well. We have one that is about as big as a basketball, and a couple that are about the size of a kids football.

Here is an itty bitty one starting to grow. There are tons of these on the vines. I had no idea that watermelon vines took up so much space. Craziness!

Our strawberries came back this year and completely took over my flower beds. Strawberry plants, everywhere. We've had lots of berries this year.

 We did plant a few cabbages. Unfortunately, we didn't have good luck with them. The snails had their way with them.

 Oh, and I couldn't resit sharing a photo of my gorgeous pink tiger lily. Michael planted these for me a few years back on Mother's Day. They are stunning every single year!

Strawberries

I guess a few managed to survive the goat attack last week.

There were only two of the very few that are left that were ripe.

 The boys gobbled them up. After Michael washed them of course.

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