Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Sweet Surprise!
I have admitted many times on this blog that I am not the most organised of gardeners and the fact that anything grows at all in my garden is sometimes a miracle. Last week we had quite a bit of rain....it was torrential for days, and the last thing on my mind was watering the plants outside. Which was all well and good for everything except the poor melon vine in the little plastic greenhouse....whoops! After the rain cleared up, I noticed a dried up yellow mess where the vine had once been and had to accept that I'd killed it without it ever having born fruit. However, today when I was actually looking for something else in there, I noticed something nestling on top of the earth in the melon pot.........
Wow! It was small, about 4 inches across, but perfect in every other way. It must have been hidden by the leaves when they were alive because as far as I knew, there were no fruit.
It was DELICIOUS!
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4 comments:
I share your jubilation! There is nothing like garden treasure and all the sweeter for being unexpected.
Brilliant! I bet Midge doesn't have miniature melons in her garden ... um, that came out ALL wrong! It was supposed to be a reference to you being the runner up in the tomato competition. Sigh, have you ever wished you'd never started typing?!
Well done! We're swimming in pears and apples here.
Never mind Sue, I knew what you meant! I resisted the urge to say 'in your FACE Midge!!' when I found it...I'm still a sore loser regarding the tomatoes, especially as she kept sending me photos of her bumper crop! Mine are still green and it's now September.......
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