Watermelon Hammocks

Sugar Baby Watermelon 2012

 

 

I know from the last seasons garden, when watermelon is grown on the ground it will get fungi in Central Florida. I have been making watermelon hammocks to support the watermelons on the trellis. Therefore, I got the small variety, sugar baby. I had some extra gauze, so I will see how it holds up to the weight of the watermelon. One of my favorite fruit, I can't wait till these babies are ripe and I have watermelon juice running down my elbows.

North Side Lettuce, South Side Cucumber

Jericho Lettuce

Marketmore76 Cucumbers

2012

 

I found I should have grew my cucumbers on the south side of my garden and the lettuce on the north side. My Jericho lettuce is starting to look wilted by days end. Lucky it recovers in the coolness of the night. I been cutting it in the morning, so not to stress the plant overly much. A note for next year to flip flop the garden, so the cucumbers shaded the lettuce more from the heat.

Yummy! Harvesting

Red Russian
Kale 2012

Everything is growing like weeds now, including the weeds. :) Getting an abundance of lettuce, cucumbers, kale, cabbage and even baby watermelons started. I made some zuppa toscana soup which was so delicious. I found the recipe on Allrecipes and I replaced spinach for my kale straight out of the garden. Life doesn't get any better!

Garden #3

Tomato Seedling 2012

My tomatoes are finally breaking ground, just getting there first true leaves. However, my snap beans are already a six inches tall! I planted six different varieties of tomato plants, but I forgot to mark them. Ugh...rookie mistake. I'm sure I will enjoy them all the same. :)