Homegrown Watermelon

This is our first year having our very own garden.  It has been pretty exciting!  Last year we had one on our little balcony, but our herbs were the only things that really grew.  This year pretty much everything has grown except for the herbs!  We've gotten lots of zucchini, cucumbers, cilantro, spinach, broccoli, carrots, onions, and bell peppers.  Our corn is still going and we are waiting for our tomatoes to turn red.  Hopefully it happens before it starts getting too cold!  We also planted honeydew, watermelon, and cantaloup.  We honestly didn't think we would get anything out of those three.  They were taking too long to actually start producing anything.  As luck would have it we started getting watermelon and honeydew! It was a pretty exciting day when Todd noticed those.  We have 4 watermelon and 3 honeydew.  The cantaloupe finally started to grow and we have seen some actual cantaloup, but unfortunately we most likely wont get anything from it.

Todd has been researching how to tell when our melons are ready to pick.  We've been going out lots just to check.  The other day one of the watermelons looked like it was ready.  Everything that was suppose to die around the melon had died.  It was one of the smaller ones, but Todd decided to pick it to see, and if it wasn't ready at least it was the small one and not one of our big ones!  Everett was ecstatic.  Seriously we have been waiting and waiting for these watermelons.

 As I was going to try mine Everett noticed I still had a bunch of seeds and kept telling.  So he had to help me out a little.

 I tried it once again, but he still saw seeds!  He finally just fave up and joined me.

 Jacquelyn LOVES watermelon.  We kept giving her little pieces and then finally decided to give her a big piece.  She was in heaven.

 Our watermelon festivities were causing quit the mess in our kitchen so we headed outside.

 Jacquelyn's watermelon fell so we took it and threw it.  She was not too thrilled.  She even tried to steal Everett's!  We got the follow scene until Todd came back with another piece.

 The minute Todd walked out she was her sweet little self again!

We LOVE our watermelon.  We are already waiting for the other 3 to be ready.  It has been so much fun having our garden.  Todd is already planning for next year.  For our first year we have done pretty good. We've learned plenty of lessons and new tips and tricks.