Your garden looks great and you must be super excited about getting some figs. The fig tree looks really healthy and in a few years you should be in fig heaven!
We just don't have any luck with watermelons, the vines grow like crazy, a few set and grow to the size of a tomato and then die. Your sister must hold the key to growing them, 17 pounds, at that weight just a few would do.
It's strange how from one year to the next, different veggies will do great while others won't. I just made our first quart of garlic dill pickles and at the rate they are coming in I may have to buy some more Mason Jars.
You always come up with the best selfies. I know that our camera only goes to 10 seconds on the self timer, so unless your camera can be set at 30 seconds or more I would suspect that getting everything set before the flash went off took you at least a dozen times. You should have made a video of the whole process, that would have been hysterical seeing all of the attempts.
Thanks @thebigsweed! I was quite giddy about seeing that ripe fig. I'm about to go check today as I think I'll get a few more to go along with breakfast. Hoping that young one grows just as well as the older. There's a tree around the corner in our neighborhood that is absolutely massive! I need to go for a walk again and see if those figs are starting to ripen. Some are so high you'd need a tall ladder to harvest.
I might just need to leave the watermelons to my sister. It's fun to try, but we just can't seem to get the environment right. I think I'd rather use the room for something that is more likely to actually produce.
Glad you've got some pickles! I'm a bit envious since we haven't really had enough to do that. I still need to plant some more dill, as well. Nothing beats the homemade ones!
A video would have been funny. I'll keep my lips sealed on the actual number in case someone else gets it since the exact number hasn't been guessed yet. But thank you for playing along! Always a good way to see who is actually reading, haha!
I wonder if your neighbor harvests the figs from their fig tree, if not they may be up for grabs.
We eliminated a few veggies that we haven't had any luck with for the same reason, use the space for something else.
We planted two sets of dill seeds thinking that the first dill plants would be dead by the time the cucumbers came in. Not the case as the cucumbers are coming in like crazy and the first batch of dill is still hanging in there.
Reading an entire post, don't you think that is asking a little much. 😁
I walked past their tree on Thursday and it's about where ours is--just a few ripening here and there, but my goodness they're going to have a ton!
You could always pull a Yoga the Bear .