Let The Watermelon Harvest Begin

I began harvesting watermelon yesterday. So far I estimate about 300 lbs has been picked along with 1 cantaloupe and 4 pumpkins.

One of the Crimson Sweet watermelons has been cut and it tastes sweet. It weighed about 26 lbs. Studying watermelon lemonade recipes and need to find the blender.

Good season this year!

Flowers in Paris, France

On a recent visit to Paris, France I came across these flowers in a park. I thought they were quite nice.

Pink Flowers

Pink flowers from Louisville, Kentucky.

Pink Pea Flower

Pea flower growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Pink Butterfly Bush

This might be some sort of Butterfly Bush flowers growing near Louisville, Kentucky.

Yellow Flowers

Yellow flowers growing near Louisville, Kentucky.

Butterfly Bush Flower

This appears to be some sort of Butterfly Bush flower.

Growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Small Black Eyed Susan Flowers

Here is a smaller variety of Black Eyed Susan flowers growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Red Day Lily

Charleston Gray Watermelon

Here is a picture of the largest watermelon I have growing so far. I estimate it is at 30 pounds and 24 inches long. It is still growing so maybe it will reach 40 pounds. The garden also as some large Crimson Sweet melons. The southern garden is doing very well right now. The one to the north, the melons are stunted and three have rotted so far out of the 12 or so in the garden.

Pumpkins

The pumpkins have started to get ripe after a fungus (white powder splotches) on the leaves appeared and killed the plants. This is way too early for Halloween but I am happy that I got a least 4 pumpkins to mature to basketball size.

The Concord grapes were lost to deer. They seemed to have acquired a taste for ripe grapes and even took the grapes off the plant close to the garage.

Loosestrife Yellow Flower

Here is a yellow Loosestrife flower growing near Louisville, Kentucky.

Red Roses

Red roses growing in a garden outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Zinnia Flowers in Garden

Here are some pictures of Zinnia flowers growing not far from Louisville, Kentucky.

Lucifer Crocosmia Flower

The 'Lucifer' Crocosmia or Montbretia flower growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Northern Sea Oats

Pictures of Northern Sea Oats growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Wild Strawberry

Here are some pictures of wild strawberries. It is neat in one picture you can see the head of small insect peering out behind the strawberry.

This pictures were taken in a garden not far from Louisville, Kentucky.

Winter Berry

This plant is called winter berry and some call it snow berry.

It is growing in a garden not far from Louisville, Kentucky.

Purple Blue Phlox

This color is pretty unique for the Phlox flowers that grow around Louisville, Kentucky. It is a Purple-Blue mixture.

Peppermint Twist Phlox Flowers

Here are some flowers called Phlox paniculata or Peppermint Twist Phlox.

Growing in a garden not far from Louisville, Kentucky.