we picked the first cantaloupe...

...and it was yummy yummy yummy for my tummy tummy tummy. Also, it was HUGE!

Oh My!

One huge Hungarian Heart made into homemade pasta sauce...life doesn't get much better than that!

R.I.P. little watermelon

To my dismay, when I ventured to the garden last Saturday to harvest corn & more tomatoes, I found the largest of the two watermelon split from end to end. I took him inside where rob & I respectfully dined on his light pink flesh. Slightly reminiscent of Homer & pinchy...but sweeter.

Rest in peace, mini melon, rest in peace.

soon

The cantaloupe are growing faster than the watermelon. We should be harvesting this guy soon!

beautiful harvest

My dinner included corn, mortgage lifter tomatoes and black russian tomatoes from our garden. I love harvest time!

mary mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

With squash, pumpkin, watermelon & two (of the eight) kinds of tomatoes!

and grow and grow and grow?

With two (different from those above and of the eight kinds) tomatoes, apricots, corn and cantaloupe!

fresh from the garden

There are three garden areas at the Volta house: the front 165, eight barrels on the backyard cement patio, and the side garden that houses the tomatoes.

Today, Rob and I picked the first tomatoes from our garden. Last year, the only one to enjoy the bounties of the barrel containered tomato patch was Annie the mean-spirited-just-as-they-turn-red-tomato-eating dog. While it was funny to see her slink down the rows between the containers and sniff out the ripe fruit, it was also painful and as I stated before, very mean. I didn't have a fresh tomato from the garden after she returned from the 4th of July visit with the grandparents. This year, we moved the patch to the side of the house and replanted the barrels with Anaheim peppers (take that mean dog). Now they, Annie and the blue dog she is training, only have access to two of our 16 glorious heirloom tomato plants. There is NOTHING like a freshly picked tomato - we were in heaven. I can't believe we grew these plants from seed!

When we ventured to the front 165, Rob pointed out TWO pumpkins, many baby cantaloupes, one baby watermelon, three zucchini squash ready to be picked, plus three rows of corn shoulder-high. We BBQed the smallest of the squash and to my surprise - I loved it! I can't wait to harvest more & make bread & cookies and of course, more BBQed treats!

While we didn't get the fourth garden patch planted with onions, it seems we will be eating well this summer and fall from the veggies that have grown in our gardens.