On Melons and Barbie (but not Barbie's Melons)...

This week, on the farmstead...okay, who am I kidding? These pictures are all from last week. I'm late, again, and I even missed the deadline to submit to the KinderGardens post. I'm fearful that they may throw me right out of the blogroll, snuff out of my torch, and send my lonely, sorry, slacker gardening butt back to my farmstead in the 'hood. But, because I love these pictures and I'm still thrilled with my garden, I'm going to trudge onward with this post.

So, to recap last week, our more experienced and worldly gardening neighbor stopped by to visit the farmstead. He offered lots of tips and advice and thoughts, but overall, he gave us two thumbs up. I'm a "words of affirmation girl." Tell me I'm fabulous and I'll follow you anywhere. Let's just say that neighbor made my whole week...last week (because I'm late, remember?).

My neighbor did kindly suggest that we find a way to tie up our melon vines, lest they grow across the yard and down the street and into the main thoroughfare. My husband decided to tackle that project and I present to you his thoughtful solution:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the melon vines are growing up. Just so you can see how tall they are, I asked Ellie to pose with them. While I find this solution to be aesthetically pleasing and I'm sure it will protect the neighbors from our creeping vines, I'm a little concerned about what's going to happen when the first, heavy melon starts to sprout from the top of that contraption. Steve just laughs and says the melons in this household tend to be on the smallish side (hardy har har) and that he's got a plan, should the melons start to grow. A man with a plan is attractive indeed (even if he does make fun of my melons)!

We have a few cherry tomatoes starting to grow, but nothing is turning red yet. Change colors little tomatoes...we're ready to eat you!

And, the farmstead was proud to host it's first show last week (just between the melons and the zuchinni), featuring Barbie and her good friend Belle.



Later in the day, there was a game of "Hide the Barbie and the Belle" in the garden. We took turns hiding the dolls and searching for them (no laughing...it was actually quite fun). Later that evening, while watering the garden, I was greeted by this lovely sight....
Have I mentioned how much fun this gardening thing is? You just never know what's going to be "popping up" next!

Take a quick hop on over to the Inadvertent Farmer's site and see what's popping up in the world of KinderGardens.