We’ve had a stead stream of melons this season. Amber picked up several cantaloupes tonight. (don’t pay attention to the weeds and dead strawberries in the background!)
Cantaloupe Harvest
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Hugelkulture Bed Update
This is year number 2 for the hugelkulture bed experiment. It still needs soil added to some areas where wood is sticking out. I have a lot of beans and melons planted. Most excited to see how the melons do!
hugelkulture bed looking to the east 
hugelkulture bed looking to the west 
comfrey has grown too tall and is falling over, surrounded by beans 
melons planted on hugelkulture bed starting to grow quickly 
more melons 
beans 
melons and weeds 
melons and garlic 
melon 
melon, garlic, asparagus 
melons 
beans
Melons, beans, okra, cowpeas planted 4/24/21
With the help of Aiden and Amber, we added a lot of cantaloupe and watermelon in the huglekulture bed, along with a lot of cowpeas and beans. We also planted a few okra and cucumber in the front raised beds. Several of my tomato and pepper plants were injured/killed in the late April freeze we had last week.
Hugelkultur Status – April 23, 2020
The seeds I ordered from Willhite finally came in. We planted mainstream cantaloupe, yellow petite watermelon, jackson wonder speckled bush lima bean, Texas cream 8 cowpea, summer melody squash, honeybaby winter squash, and large sunflower mix on the north side of the bed.
We spread straw over the south side of the hill. The cowpeas, okra, melons, and squash I planted on April 8 are popping out of the soil now.