The Great Watermelon

This spring we really ventured out when it came to garden planting.

{Note to self- leave kiddos at home when visiting Atwood's next year}

We have always grown our standard tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, bell pepper and onions. But this year the kids really wanted watermelon, cantaloupe and peanuts. So I buckled in pure desire just to check out and get home. We planted one random watermelon plant, one cantaloupe plant and two peanut plants.

And a few weeks ago we picked our very first watermelon! This one little plant has, so far , produced 8 large watermelon. The cantaloupe plant has given us 12 cantaloupes and the peanut plants are drying in the garage as I type.

Here they are loving on thier first melon.. Sometimes I am glad that I "give in" and listen to my kids. They have learned and enjoyed our garden more and more with each passing year. But let me tell you one little watermelon plant can take over your entire garden. Leason learned to till and larger row for them next year.