Our Little Bundle of Joy!!

He came into our kitchen at a quaint 2 lbs., 4 oz., 6 3/4 inches long. Our first cantaloupe fell off the vine this morning and is now resting comfortably on our kitchen countertop. It's funny to see the picture at the top of the blog and then see the fruit now. It didn't grow very big, but it is the same size as "organic" cantaloupes I saw in Safeway yesterday.

I worried at what point the cantaloupe would be ripe and ready to pick. Apparently the plant knew when it decided to break off the vine. And if you put your nose to the top of the fruit, you can smell the sweet melon scent.

Come tomorrow night after dinner, we're going to find out how successful our cantaloupe growing prowess really is when we cut it open and eat it.

A Proud Papa

UPDATE: We cut the cantaloupe on Friday and it was perfect.... ripe, juicy, and very tasty!!!

They Grow Up So Fast

The heat and humidity of summer is helping everything grow faster and ripen. The small Roma tomatoes are changing colors more everyday. Just this morning, the Mrs. picked two Romas and yet another cucumber. Those cucumbers are becoming a daily harvest.

But the intriguing sight in the garden is the Ambrosia cantaloupe. When it first started to grow, it looked like a small watermelon. But as you can see, the skin is looking a lot like what we're use to seeing. I would say the fruit is about two-thirds the size of a typical cantaloupe you'd find at a grocery store. But who knows what commercial farms use to create the genetically perfect fruits and vegetables we find at the grocery store.