Garden Blessings

This spring we built a small raised bed garden out of two old pallets. Then we went to a local nursery and each kid was allowed to chose a vegetable plant and a flowering annual.

Despite over 100 temperatures since a week before spring began we were able to go out today and be surprised by a little harvest.

This is not the first batch of cucumbers of course, but that little cucumber plant has really kicked them out. Too bad I'm not crazy about cucumbers.

This tiny watermelon was a big surprise. I cut it off the vine because it had a big black spot on it. I was going to throw it away, but decided I would cut it up and see what was going on inside. Inside it was perfect and ready to eat. Super cute! Why don't they sell them like this? They're the perfect size for kids!
It makes me wonder if the other ones are ready to eat. I would hate to cut them off too late or too early.

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