Watermelon!!!

The watermelon haven't stopped growing, and for the last three weeks we've been trying to eat them faster than they go bad. We're now losing, so I've had to throw four or five in the compost bin already (the honey bees love them). Luckily there are still several that developed later and provide more than enough watermelon each week. We managed to get two that were over 20lbs which seems a bit odd for the Sugar Baby variety, but they tasted great so no complaints.

The Jarrahdale pumpkins that we planted are now wilting and turning yellow from what appears to be bacterial wilt. We still have four or five pumpkins that look like they'll make it, but we will have to find a better variety next year since nothing seems to stop the squash bugs and cucumber beetles.

We started harvesting the second planting of Pink Eye Purple Hull peas yesterday along with a second harvest on the first plants. The second plantings of soybeans appear to be very close to being ready, and the Lima beans are getting close as well. The eggplants are still growing like crazy, and we probably have 30 or more on them right now.

Last weekend we started on some fall plantings by sowing some carrot seed in one of the raised beds. We'll continue with the fall plantings as soon as Carrie finishes deciding what we should plant.