It's a.... Watermelon!

Back in May, our friend Hudson gave us a watermelon seeding. It sat in the sink for about a week while I was uncertain what to do with it. Jim said-- find a home for it, or it's a goner. So I went out to the back yard and found a spot. Pulled up a bunch of weeds to make room for it. And planted the little thing. Then we left town for 6 weeks. This side of the house gets a TON of sun, and I totally didn't expect it to survive. We came back, and lo and behold, there was a gangly vine running wild!

A few weeks later there were a few little watermelon buds, but only one really developed. We kept checking it, and somehow it kept getting bigger! Can you tell that I continued to be shocked that it made it?

After about 2 weeks of non-growth and cooler temps, we decided it had grown all it would, and had the ceremonial cutting. And it actually tasted SWEET! Not a prize winner by any stretch, but for our first watermelon ever, I was sincerely impressed! Check out our proud lil' gardeners! Thanks Hudson!