Remember I had big plans, like growing watermelons and honeydews to make ice cream this summer? Well, the plan was nice, but the heatwave and hail storms didn't do any good to my little garden. The only plant in full force is the honeydew plant. It's huge! I grew it in our greenhouse in the same pot as a little palm tree I'm growing. Currently it features cute yellow flowers, so I'm hopeful (or naive?) there will be melons at the end of the summer:
Are you harvesting anything this month?
Oh my god you have beautiful place there, the green house! I'm sooo jealous! Definitely it will produce you a beautiful melon, I'm sure! I want to see more pics of your green house gardening!!! And your home looks very interesting.
Merci Kreetta! I hope you are right and that I'll end up with a beautiful melon. First some pollination to do ;) Will show you more of my green projects soon!
I agree your house is fabulous. and that melon vine so fresh, makes me wish I could garden. haha.. wish you a bountiful harvest!
Merci Kat! I hope the melons will be as fresh as the leaves. Will keep you updated… Why can't you garden? Are you traveling too much?
That plant looks great in the room!
I'm a horrible gardener but this month we can actually harvest some tomatoes from our balcony. To our surprise they turned out to be yellow instead of red!
Oh nice, extra special tomatoes! Did they taste good? I have a few tomato plants in my tiny garden, but unfortunately they don't carry any fruit :(
Wow! Huge indeed. And it looks beautiful!! I'm afraid “hoping” won't be enough: you have to pollinate the female flowers (if there are any in the first place. A friend of mine was planning on growing zucchini, but all her plants turned out to be male! I hope that there are on a melon plant at least male AND female flowers!)
http://www.tuinkrant.com/artikel/groenten-de-tuin-de-kunst-van-meloenen-cucumis-kweken
By the way: I'm harvesting herbs from my balcony every day! My radish-experiment failed, bigtime :(
Also i'm harvesting “in the wild”: check this dutch FBgroup about edible plants https://www.facebook.com/groups/347339091986085/
Oh yes, I'm pollinating like crazy ;) Harvesting in the wild is very nice as well: at the moment I pick lots of blackberries, but that Fb group is just a little bit more advanced (more knowledge), cool! This fall I'd like to go on a mushroom trip with someone who knows which ones are edible and which ones are not. Why did your radish experiment fail?
The radishes failed because i didn't know whether to water them much or just a little. Before i knew it, the little green fellas didn't survive. The plants just dried and shrinked, but the earth in the pot was still pretty moist. So…? Do they need dry earth? I really should look that up, before next year!
Hmmm I just freestyle with all my gardening, but from my experience radishes need lush soil and medium water (not too much, not too little). Hope next year will be better!
I love honeydew and I love this post! The photo of the vine and the staircase is amazing! Cannot wait to follow this plants life in your garden/greenhouse! Jocelyn xx
Merci Jocelyn! I hope I can share some nice pictures of fresh homegrown honeydew melons with you very soon. If not, I guess there will be some very fall-like pictures with the brown leafs of a dying plant ;)
Looks amazing! I'm going to cross my fingers for you!! And the only thing I'm harvesting is hope. Hope for better weather, and sunny skies all throughout august ;)
Hahaha, for now your harvest seems rather fruitful: the weather hasn't been too bad (at least here in France), but let's hope for even better weather next weekend ;) xx
well, they make for great pictures… and no, not harvesting anything. looks like I'm missing the tomato season back home :(
Merci!! I hope someone else is enjoying your tomatoes while you're away? Enjoy your time far from home, Petra!
I love it – how FAB if you get melons ;-)
Happy weekend love,
Ax
Wouldn't that be lovely? I'll keep you updated ;) See you soon Anya!
Jee wat prachtig die super plant zo op de grond! Het worden vast reuze meloenen don't worry :)
Haha ik hoop dat je gelijk krijgt, Stephanie! Vooralsnog geen tekenen van meloenen, maar ik hou goede hoop :)
Het levert in ieder geval al mooie plaatjes op :-)
Dankjewel Cindy! Hopelijk binnenkort ook meloenen, en anders worden het herfstige foto's van een verlepte meloenplant ;)
Oh wow, I'll keep my fingers crossed. I can't think of anything better than homegrown honeydew melons!
Merci Mandi! I really hope that it will work out too. Will keep you updated, for sure :)
Jee, wat is'tie groot! En weer prachtige foto's!!!!
Dankjewel! Groot he?! Hopelijk snel ook grote meloenen!
Woh….schitterrnd zeg!
Merci Riekske!
Fingers crossed! I had a melange of melons today for a snack:-)
Not harvesting, just growing my herbs!
Yummm, hope I can snack some melons soon too ;) Enjoy your fresh herbs, Tina!
Oh my god Judith, the pictures are fantastic! C'est trop joli, on dirait des capucines. J'adore. Bises et à bientot
Elodie
Merci Elodie! C'est vrai qu'ils ont un petit air de capucines… en plus grand :) xx