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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Melons

I guess I can say that this is the week for melons. I harvested 3 melons and 1 canteloupe. I haven't been able to weight anything yet, but I'll let you know what they weighed in at later.

I also harvested a couple of cucumbers, peppers, okra, peas, and fish pepper. Not much, but the Texas heat is tough on the garden.

The boys (in their garden), harvested another birdhouse (gourd) and some more toys (spinning gourds). They can't wait till they finish drying so we can paint them. They check the garden every day to see if there are more toys ready.

 
 
Check out more harvest at Daphne's Harvest Monday!

9 comments:

  1. Cristy8/20/12, 4:26 AM

    I love that you have planted "toys" for your kids. Maybe I should do that, too. I sure would like to encourage my children to garden.

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    1. Sustainably Modern8/20/12, 7:51 AM

      They already love spinning them, even in their unpainted state. We are getting so many, we'll probably hand them out to all their cousins at Christmas this year.

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  2. kitsapFG8/20/12, 8:25 AM

    Those spinning gourds will make some great gifts for friends and family. Hurrah for all those melons this week!

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  3. Jenny Rottinger8/20/12, 9:45 AM

    Very nice harvest, love that huge watermelon! the gourd looks very interesting.

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  4. Barbie~8/20/12, 12:52 PM

    Make sure to show us the finish projects! I bet they have fun with the gourd. :-)

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  5. Norma Chang8/20/12, 4:00 PM

    Beautifully well formed melon, I can taste the sweetness. Those toy gourds are so cute, I too would like to see the finished projects.

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    1. Sustainably Modern8/21/12, 8:56 AM

      The project may not be done until sometime in October, but I will share the results!

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  6. Mary Hysong8/21/12, 8:37 AM

    oh how fun to have toys in the garden. I think next year I"ll plant some bird house and bowl gourds for the grand kids to paint. Lovely melon harvest; lucky you!

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