Sunday Harvest Time in the Watermelon Patch!

Today was the day!  I decided to taste the fruit of my gardening and finally cut one of my "babies" from its vine just hoping it would be ready. 

For weeks I have been watching watermelon vines grow from a few discarded seeds until they covered nearly half the backyard.  Luckily, I always considered grass a bit overrated and my husband didn't mind that his mowing chores were decreasing by the day!

I watched the bees as they busied themselves from flower to flower, I watched tiny little melons develop into larger ones and really got excited when I realized they just kept growing and growing! 

Thankfully, we had quite a bit of rain lately, so I didn't have to water anything. I also didn't use fertilizers, pesticides nor herbicides and as an added benefit, I noticed a number of cute little lady bugs on some of the leaves.

Finally, I couldn't wait any longer and decided to cut one of the largest ones off the vine.  It's probably the best watermelon I've ever had!

Here is a little journey in the life of a watermelon plant and fruit.  Enjoy!