Homegrown and eaten

20 Jul

 

Cantaloupes!

Cantaloupes!

Ready to eat in a few days.

Ready to eat in a few days.

Two of over a dozen.

Two of over a dozen.

Vines from two plants spread both ways along retaining wall.

Vines from two plants spread both ways along retaining wall.

These cantaloupes are a special treat.  We don’t usually try to grow them, since the garden space is filled with herbs, hostas, coneflower, heliopsis, butterfly bush, Dave’s fly in diner for the birds with bath.

Ready, set

Ready, set

Slice

Slice

Slice

Slice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have shared one of four cantaloupes with wildlife…..it seems this one may have been so ripe that it split open when we were out-of-town and raccoons feasted!

Raccoon feast

Raccoon feast

2 Responses to “Homegrown and eaten”

  1. pimla15 July 20, 2014 at 7:57 pm #

    I can’t believe those cantaloupes! They’re beautiful! Can’t wait to hear how they taste.

  2. elfcroft August 6, 2014 at 6:23 pm #

    Delicious! Especially good chilled. I edited this post to complete the story 🙂

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