Fall garden...

These are the last of the onions... and what a last one it is!

this is a green onion! planted back in the spring. It just kept growing and growing.

and this is a volunteer sugar baby watermelon that grew out in the burn pile. I need to transfer some of those ashes to the kitchen garden beds next year. We had more stuff grow better out there as volunteers than some things we planted!

We Have Watermelon!!!

I just read this online and had to share...
"Watermelons May Have Viagra-Like Effect"

Watermelons are favorite summer fruits that are loaded with antioxidants. Previous research touted watermelons as being high in lycopene, an antioxidant associated with heart, prostate, and skin health.
Now this sweet treat might be something you serve on Valentine’s Day, too. Researchers at Texas A & M University have found that watermelons have ingredients that deliver a Viagra-like effect to the body’s blood vessels and may increase libido. Besides being high in lycopene, watermelons have been discovered to contain another antioxidant called citrulline. It partners with the amino acid arginine to potentially improve heart health and the immune system, and it may also help with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and perhaps erectile dysfunction. Citrulline helps relax blood vessels, similar to the effect of Viagra.
The majority of the citrulline compound is located in the watermelon rind, so plant breeders are working to create varieties that have higher amounts of citrulline in the edible portion of the fruit.
For more information on this research, go to: Texas A & M AgriLife.

How many do you see?

Wall of green

The watermelon are growing over into the onions, that doesn't bother me as much as....

the cantalope was starting to grow onto the okra, we had to put in a wall between the cantalope and okra.


our first zucchini squash

The sunflowers are now taller than the awning.