full bloom - flowers and fruit and veggies, oh my!

though our garden hasn't been tended to quite as much as it should have these past weeks (ok, months. damn you, crazy georgia summer!), it still seems to be yielding some lovely prizes. case in point, this lovely little watermelon.



it may not be huge, but i think with this variety you gotta pick early, as we've already had a couple of others "burst" (for lack of a better word), probably due to the heat and lack of water. this little beauty is sitting in the fridge, waiting for dinner tonight.

we've also has some great luck with this new bell-like plant, which will grown rather large and be a medium sized shrub when it's done. we just planted it early this spring, and i forget the name, but we're pretty pleased with its first blooms:




lovely, right? we have another one next to the driveway which is also blooming, but it's not as big as we never could quite water it as much and the soil isn't as good as in the front garden. still, they're both doing quite well, and if only the weather would cool down a bit i could actually work on tidying up the madness and putting some more stuff in.