Growing a Watermelon

While most of this blog since it's rebirth has been focused on "growing a watermelon" in terms of having a baby...

I thought I'd take a more literal approach and do an update on the actual watermelons we grew! What is funny is that we planted our watermelon seeds back in April, and tonight we finally ate one. So that took about 9 months seed-to-table.

And I'm on my 9th month of growing a baby!

Moral of the story - don't eat watermelon seeds.

We are in the midst of my absolute favorite gardening season in the Sonoran Desert -- The winter garden! (Yes, we get to garden year-round here). In the winter we grow things like: all the greens, carrots, beets, broccoli, Brussels. Right now we still are enjoying some of our long summer crops such as butternut squash, eggplant, and watermelon. Squash has a very long growing season - partly because we had such a dry summer.

Here is what we are enjoying currently via pictures :)

Here is a bowl of greens! We currently have baby kale, 2 varieties of romaine, 2 varieties of swiss chard, mustard greens, & arugula. Since I am working from home and Ryan has been 50% of the time -- we seriously go through a bowl like this every 2 days right now!

Here is an example of one of the almost daily dishes we enjoy! I just sautee a bunch of vegetables and crack a few eggs in it!

Look how yellow our farm fresh eggs are!...I have a little secret!

The more vegetables your chickens eat, the more yellow and vibrant their yolks! We give our chickens basil, sweet potato vines, and any weeds I pull from the garden and they love it!

This is Blanche & Dorothy, by the way.

Here is a pitcher of fresh-squeezed limeaid that Ryan made the other day!

I have been craving all the citrus things...so feel like I could drink this entire thing if it didn't have so much sugar ;)

He made it with fresh-squeezed limequats from our tree! And stevia in the raw!

This is our biggest watermelon that we grew this year.

We had to put it in a sling because it was so heavy!

And tonight we finally cut into one of the melons and got to enjoy!

It was delicious!!!

ABC

We are home from a wonderful, extended-weekend-getaway to Omaha. It was filled with family, relaxations, and greatness. I will do a more detailed recap on it soon! In the meantime, I'm doing this ABC bit that I stole from my cousin 's blog! Also, no -- I did not get switched to days. Trust me, I would've told the entire world and screamed it from roof-tops if I did. A. Age: 22, but that will change on Sunday. B. Bed size: King C. Chore you dislike: Cleaning the shower - especially dealing with hard-water stains. Lime away=ouch D. Dogs: Really really really really really dislike. Really dislike. Sorry. I could do a post in itself about my dislike for canines. E. Essential start to your day: Bowl of oatmeal/or cereal with bananas. Or fruit F. Favorite color: Greeen G. Gold or silver: Definitely silver. H. Height: 5'4'' - Sometimes I lie & say 5'5''. Some people lie about their weight, age, haircolor...I lie about my height. I...

Currently - May edition

I haven't blogged much - but the last time I did one of these, Maddy was 9 months old. It's really fun looking back on the things that were "stressors" to me at that time. Prior to that - my currently post was a pregnancy edition. So here goes May 2022. Maddy is almost a 15-month old and summer has set ablaze here in Tucson. Reading : I really wish I had a better answer for this one, but I have not been the best about reading lately. The only book I'm reading is "How to talk to your kids so they'll listen and listen so they'll talk". It is really good. Most of the book is geared more to school-aged kids, in my opinion. But it highlights some great communication skills with children to help them trust you as a parent to be open and honest. Eating: All the smoothies. It has been getting really hot here - and every day when we get home from our stroller run I make a smoothie for Maddy with whole milk, Fage, and fruit - and then a smoothie for...

Let's try this again...

Last year we purchased soil, mulch, and all these plants that grow great in well-watered, rich-soiled areas. Then we went away for a weekend, and everything dried up like a prune. I was a bit disappointmented, as gardening is a hobby & passion of mine. In fact, I became quite frustrated with our hot climate. But we did some research on desert plants, and I found a new love! Desert plants are quite fascinating, actually. Their tough outer skin & small leaves result in maximum absorbtion of our spare water -- allowing them to thrive on little. They are also extremely regenerative. You can cut a branch or an arm off a cactus, and plant it in the ground somewhere else to create a new plant. So we found a very local cactus nursery last weekend, and got to work! Here are a few of the gems we planted. (These are pictures I've found offline, as I haven't taken proper pictures of our front yard yet due to the immaturity of our plants at this point) The Desert Barrel ...

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