The melons have also been very productive. Last year I got 28 pounds from the patch. This year I've gotten over 40 and have one more melon to count. I'll be between 45 and 50 pounds when I'm all done. All this out of a 4' x 8' patch. So it was a very good melon year. The melons were fabulous. The yield was good. Last year my melons were fighting wilt. This year the cucumbers and melons were in separate parts of the garden instead of right next to one another. Also I had my cucumbers covered for at least a month of their life. So the cucumber beetles couldn't breed. In the past I've grown them up a trellis. Which technically ought to be more productive. This year they sprawled and I kept them in the bed. But they were growing in the circle garden that is surrounded by bricks, so much warmer. I think I'm going to keep the melons in the circle garden every year. There are two beds in there and I'll switch beds every year. I really do want to repeat this melon year.
Next week's crops will probably start getting into a few of the fall crops. Not a lot, but just enough to change the make up of those baskets a bit.
- Beans 1.43 lbs
- Corn 1.63 lbs
- Cucumbers 12.06 lbs
- Melons 17.49 lbs
- Squash 0.69 lbs
- Weekly Tally 33.29 lbs
- Yearly Tally 284.32 lbs, $458.71
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A 7.8 pound melon is huge! I think it would need it's very own basket. Your morning glories on the compost bin are pretty. All I ever get is Bermuda grass on mine.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I won't be the last person to say WOW at your almost 8 pound melon! And for it to be super sweet, too! That's a nice bounty :)
ReplyDeleteI miss compost pile volunteers. Glad yours are at least pretty to look at and not mysterious and weedy :)
Almost an 8 pound melon?!? That is amazing! What a great growing season for melons in New England. Too bad I didn't plant any this year. Your cucumbers seem to be producing a lot as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat nice melons! I have two that might actually make it, but success with melons has always eluded me. Yours look fabulous.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this I'm determined to try melons again - I do like the idea of one "as sweet as candy".
ReplyDeleteI too am amazed at your nearly 8 pound melon. Volunteers always seem to do better, at least in my garden, that is one beautiful and happy morning glory.
ReplyDeleteThe melons are looking great. We are still waiting for our first cantaloupe and I'm starting to get worried as the weather is cooling off! We love morning glory and let it come up every year where ever it chooses. We have missed it this year at the new place but we did grow one plant in a pot and we are collecting seeds for next year!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty way to cover up your compost bins! Nice cucumbers, I hope I get some more before summer is done!
ReplyDeleteNice haul of cucumbers and melons. Good point about trellising cucumbers and the beetles. They were bad this year, even on my squash. But I have to trellis for lack of garden space.
ReplyDeleteI can'r even imagine pulling a 7 pound melon from our property! How wonderful! And I'm with you on the sweet corn, I really don't like any other varieties.
ReplyDeleteSeven pounds, wow! My largest was just over 4 pounds, and my melon yield was way down this year, from 54 lb. down to 20, with only one left to pick. I have a later planting, but I'm quite sure it won't give me ripe fruit before frost. It does look like I will get fall corn though! That is if the stalks can right themselves after last night's 50 MPH wind gusts.
ReplyDeleteAh melons, how wonderful! I'm trying some this year but I'm not sure that I'll have any success. If it doesn't happen this year it never will so...
ReplyDeleteNever grown a melon, its on my list of things to try
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I've ever found a melon too sweet. I don't grow melons but feast on the Decker melons when they are available around here. Nice cucumbers, they look like they'd make good pickles.
ReplyDeleteThat's a huge melon! I didn't grow any this year, miss the fruit, maybe I'll do it again next year.
ReplyDeleteHi Daphne, The melons make me envious! The corn looks good to me too as do the beans and cucumbers. Is that a zucchini? It looks different than mine with ribs. Your Morning Glories on your compost pile are beautiful! Nancy
ReplyDeleteYes it is though didn't mention it. It does have ribs. It is Costata Romanesca. Though I'll be looking for another variety next year. I like the taste so much, but when three plants can only produce one zucchini in a week, it is time to switch.
DeleteThose melons look great, I think I will try them this year. I love the morning glories in the compost!
ReplyDeleteFabulous fat cucumbers. Your end of summer produce makes me hunger for my summer seeds to come up.
ReplyDeleteI have cucumber envy! Can't wait for the weather to start warming up here.
ReplyDeleteMorning glory: that stuff's a noxious weed here, and can take over entire hillsides, but it is kind of pretty when it's not EATING YOUR HOUSE.
I mentioned in my own HM post, but I thought I'd just drop a note here too... I've been working on a project called Growstuff (http://growstuff.org/) and would love it if any of you folks could check it out. We're trying to spread the word and get more members.
Daphne - Your harvest continue to amaze. An since I am a sucker for morning glories, I LOVE your volunteer patch. Melons are on my to-try list for next year.Happy almost-Fall!
ReplyDeleteDaphne! I stumbled across your blog while searching for some container gardening tips. Really loving your posts! And love the harvests you show :)
ReplyDeleteLove your morning glories. I used to have them every year too but they have finally given up since I planted the 4 O'clocks years ago. I am looking to my fall garden as my summer one really didn't do anything :(
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit jealous of your cucumbers and melons, I hope mine do as well for me this coming summer.
ReplyDeleteStrange as it seems, it's been a better year for melons than tomatoes, and we're definitely experiencing a cavalcade of cucumbers and beans!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of the double coloured corn!
ReplyDeleteHoly cucumbers! I wish my plants were that productive this year! I am willing to bet you make a great pickle when you get crops like that!
ReplyDeleteWow, such a large melon? I'm sooo.. jealous. What variety is it?
ReplyDeleteIt is a Sensation melon. I think it is a cross between a cantaloupe and a honeydew.
DeleteYour harvest looks great, and your melons look so luscious. With the cool summer nights in the PNW it is too cool for melons to do well, but I got seeds for a melon/cucumber cross, and cucumbers do well here, so I'm hoping it will succeed next year.
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