the 1st full summer we were here in this house, we planted watermelons and cantelopes… we got a harvest of 1 cantelope and 2 or 3 watermelons. we waited as long as we could to pick them, they were so tiny. we finally picked them in october, and they were all smaller than the size of my fist. *ppppbbbtttt*
i think we skipped the 2nd summer, i was so peaved about the first summer. last year i planted pumpkins and acorn squash. we had a bumper crop of yellow flowers, but got one acorn squash in the end, again, smaller than my fist. and like beanie says: whaddaheck??
this year i wasn’t gonna bother, but christy brought me some seedlings and i HAD to plant them…. 2 types of cukes, some yellow and green squash. i couldn’t let them dry out and go to waste… this time, i planted them in flower boxes and put them in the warmest, sunniest spot i had – the edge of my driveway near the air conditioner machiney thing. i though the noise of the a/c would keep the bunnehs away, and the warmth radiating off the house and driveway would only help. WELL! the squash are still just flowering, but i am a cucumber growing GENIUS. i’m like MOTHER NATURE out there. i’ve got one that looks like it might be about pickle size, and a whole heap that are thinking about growing some more. queenie can GROW a cucumber. next year that may be all i plant, my feelings get hurt so easily. =)
it’s actually realllly hard to grow melons – as they require a ridiculous amount of watering!
my family plants cucumbers every year, and we always end up with more than we know what do to with!