Posts Tagged ‘watermelon’

The Possum’s Breakfast

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

I was keeping a close eye on the first watermelon on the vines, which was growing nicely, from this…

To this…

Then the day I hoped would never come arrived. The possums have figured out how to collapse the top of the fence and get to the fruit growing on the wire.

Sigh. I guess more fortifications are in order.

The Watermelon Triffid

Monday, December 15th, 2008

This watermelon vine is growing about 20 centimetres every day.

First Watermelon

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

The first female flower (and fruit) on the watermelon vine.