Melons in the Pepper Bed and the Biggest Tomato in the Garden

See what a week has wrought, this Ginkaku Korean melon has grown so much. When ripe the thin rind will turn yellow and have sweet crispy white flesh.

Here's a picture of that melon from just 6 days ago.

There's 6 melons in the patch but the rest are much smaller than the two photographed. The plants were started on May 1st and planted in the garden May 30th.

The four Ginkaku melons have definitely taken over the pepper bed.

This pepper/eggplant bed has wax melons planted between the rows, but they're still little and have yet to start running yet.

The biggest tomato in the garden is definitely this Golden King of Siberia. It's nice and heavy too, but no where close to ripening.

Cherokee Purple has some nice big tomatoes as well, but they're right next to the monster zucchini plant and it's hard to get a good picture of them.

Can you see the monster zucchini plant to the back right?

We finally got a good soaking rain today, and it's been in the 80's all week. You can feel the sigh of relief from the tomato plants. But next week it's back to 90's and 100 degree weather (35 Celsius). The tomato plants are nowhere near as lush as last year when it was cooler and wetter, but the zucchini and summer squash are loving the heat.

It's so wonderful to have the backyard fully fenced. And today we spread grass seed and straw over the newly graded and composted non-garden area. Soon our little one will have a new grassy area to play in next to the garden. I'm so excited! Maybe we'll get a toddler swing and wading pool.