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Our Sixth Year on the Farm 1/52: Melon Mania


cantaloupe + Asian melon
Melon Salad
Melons and pumpkins

Wagon full of produce

Shallots + onions

One (?) giant gourd plant

Two rows of corn... Almost ready now!

Squash ready for the picking

Egg-plant... geddit? This one is actually shaped like an egg!

Almost-ready Rattlesnake watermelon

Two Asian melons... Almost ready!



A big clump of elderberries ready to be picked

Several ounces of hot peppers with tomatoes in the background

Tomatoes!

A pumpkin... in August?

We're planning on vacationing  in mid-September... hopefully that'll be an interesting experience! Meanwhile, back at the ranch farm, August means LOTS of produce... especially melons! Asian melons, watermelons, cantaloupes, etc. etc. etc... The corn will probably be ready this weekend, so hopefully it'll be okay... School will start next week, and not everybody is excited ... πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜• Everything's going to be okay!

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