The Start of the Harvest
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340019)
Rockingham, Australia
February 24, 2016 5:06pm CST
We have never claimed to be good gardeners. We did enjoy making some raised beds which were to become vegetable gardens but once we had the beds made we didn't actually plant much in them. However this year I planted butternut pumpkin (squash) and watermelon in one big round bed. It is watered automatically every day and half the time we forget the melons are there.
So they have been doing their own thing: they made runners, flowered, made some fruits and today I picked the first of the butternuts and melons. They are not particularly big but that isn't really important to us. We haven't cut the watermelon yet but one is in the fridge cooling off.
There are more to come but at the moment we are looking forward to trying these.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
25 Feb 16
I love to plant vegetables. I don't claim to be a gardener, myself :) It's wonderful to actually see fruit, vegetables when they grow!
@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
25 Feb 16
@JudyEv Yes! I remember years ago I got to see how potatoes grew ... I was amazed ... I was the best potato picker-upper they had! I felt like I was on an Easter egg hunt ... I ran here, there .... picking those potatoes up ... I was in awe at how many, how big they were ... and they all grew in the ..... ground! 
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
@GrannyGee One year we had a really good garden. I'd go out and just need three carrots but I always had to see how big the next one was and I'd come back with about a dozen.
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Obviously this is a good harvest and it is so nice to have a garden to grow more plants.
@Tampa_girl7 (50258)
• United States
25 Feb 16
They are cooling it down to eat. It tastes good cold.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
25 Feb 16
How fabulous to have watermelon from your own garden- I would love that and the butternut squash- you'll have to tell me how they turn out!
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
@MarymargII The watermelon tastes good although it doesn't look quite ripe. It sounds hollow when tapped and the curly was dry so it should be okay. I won't photograph it. I'll wait for a better one.
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
25 Feb 16
@JudyEv Haha! the watermelon and how about some baked squaah with butter and a touch of cinammon- I'm making myself hungry at 5:30 am. haha! But don't worry I'm headed back to bed. Way too early for me.
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@iamshane487 (1139)
• Manila, Philippines
25 Feb 16
I've missed planting vegetables. I can't plant in my cemented yard.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
I have cut the watermelon and it is very nice. Great on a hot day.
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
25 Feb 16
You are living my dream, I hope one day to live by the country and grow my own vegetation, harvest them and eat them.
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
25 Feb 16
I like watermelon too, especially cold ones.
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@AliCanary (3239)
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25 Feb 16
They look pretty good to me! I like plants that take care of all the work :)
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@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 Feb 16
Every February I buy seeds at The Dollar Tree store--I have no luck with the veggies but I have flowers blooming all year round! :O)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
25 Feb 16
oh yum! i'll be right o'er to help ya eat 'em :D i miss a big garden myself - filled with all sorts'f melons, pumpkins, okra, maters, corn, cukes 'n the like. nothin' more satisfyin' than eatin' the fruits'f yer labor :D big hugs 'n congrats! last watermelon we grew got tended to by a pack'f coyotes, lol.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@JudyEv yes ma'am, they truly do. had a chessie who was fond'f watermelons's well. he was kind 'nough to cabbaged onto one 'n eat'n on the back porch. i'd get home from work 'n there he'd be, gnawin' 'n the rind'f what was left. i'm purty sure they do such coz they're missin' some nutrients??
i don't reckon i'd thought'f the kangaroo eatin' pumpkins? don't reckon that's far fetched though. i'd sure love me a good 'n ripe'n :D
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx Not sure what a 'chessie' is. You'lll need to enlighten me. :)
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
25 Feb 16
looks and sounds yummy. I thought at first the yellow ones were spaghetti squash, have you ever had those before? Most people around here eat them instead of noodles with spaghetti sauce, but i prefer them with some butter and parmesan cheese instead. The melons look plenty big too me.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
25 Feb 16
wow, they look very nice. I am not much of a gardener myself. I have never anything that looked that good. But, I keep trying
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