Garden Update

Daylilies and lilies are blooming, and the tickseed is out in full force. As for my veggies, I'm calling it on the corn; two plantings and not a single sprout. I still have the rest of the packet, so I'm planning to try again next year, at least to use them up. I'll have to look up corn-growing tips and see if there was something I missed. On the other hand, vining plants may be my new favorite veggies to grow! Why? Look at the two pictures of the melon/squash (still not sure which) now that it's steaked up. They were taken a day or two apart, and you can see it grew a good six inches plus! I had always heard and experienced that veggies were hard to grow with a variable return that was only sometimes commensurate with the gardener's effort, especially if starting from seed. Gardening can be it's own reward, but it's a lot more exciting when something I planted is growing like mad. This morning I even found the first bloom! I've also included a shot of the other little vines which are now getting their full share of sun with the big vines not sprawling all over them any more. I have 2 extremely tiny sugar baby watermelon plants going, and two somewhat bigger... something else vines. I planted cucumber, squash, watermelon, and melon seeds, and three types of vines are growing, so until they start fruiting, I'm uncertain what the other vines are. If any of you can tell from these pictures, feel free to share.