Kajari melons at different stages + garden harvest

The hard rain last night actually beat the kajari melons off the vine. The melons must have been ready to pick anyway!

Here is a picture of kajari melons at different stages. If you want to grow these, I purchased the seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds at rareseeds.com if you're interested.

I tried the ripe Kajari melon, and it tasted like cucumber, but it was odd and I'm not sure how to feel about the taste. The smell is very pleasant before you cut into the melon, and that's when you know it's ripe. In this picture it looks like it's glowing green on the inside of the melon.

Of course I harvested more from the garden today, as usual for right now: squash, MORE cucumbers, and finally lots of tomatoes.

I have three large bags of cucumbers that I'm struggling to eat with two or three bags of squash as well (on top of the bags of squash I have frozen.) I have been eating everything out of my garden and making sure to incorporate it into meals, though. The odd looking squash are going to become my fall decorations. And if you've been following this blog, you know I love my fall decor/scene/settings and I have pictures of them on the blog. Stay tuned for my fall scene this year--I'm going to try some new things.

Late August Fall garden + Pear fruits getting bigger

A couple of days ago, I directly sowed Red Russian Kale, Detroit Beets, Buttercrunch lettuce, Cherry Belle Radish, Purple Dragon Carrot seed and a shorter and fatter variety of carrot. On the end, I sowed Broccoli seed. At the moment, that is all the vegetable seed I sowed in the hugelkultur mound seen in the photo. Around the mound I have different barriers (buckets, plants, fencing, pallets) to prevent the cats from climbing on the mound. It is a very attractive mound for cats because it's the perfect place to urinate and bury their feces. 

The cape gooseberry plants are growing in four of the pots along the mound. I'm sure it will take till October or November for them to ripen.

 Below is a picture of the second Canna flower garden.

It's almost September, and these Kieffer pears may take till October or November to ripen-- but I could be wrong considering their size.

Peaches, Figs & Heirloom tomato & Cucumber harvest (Late August 2016)

Heirloom Solar Flare & Gold Berries Tomato & Chanterelle Harvest

August 6 2016 Tomato Garden harvest (Solar Flare, Golden Berries, Roma, & Cherry)

Gold Berry Tomato harvest (from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds)

The Gold berry tomatoes seen in the pictures were from seeds at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. You can purchase the seeds here: Gold Berries Tomato | Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.