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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 03/02/2009 : 13:45:26
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I haven't got much going in the garden at the moment. The watermelons are doing well - this big one, easily 5 or 6kgs, is just about ready to pick soon - the kids ask me everyday if it is ready yet. There are a few others but nowhere near as big and still a while to being ready
The honeydew is getting bigger too, the biggest I've ever grown but the only one on the vine  It has grown outside the fence so I hope nothing gets to it
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 03/02/2009 : 14:05:08
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They all look good Gail..
I have never seen a Honeydew with green skin before are they a new variety or is that the colour they are before they ripen..
Having never grown them only bought from the shops and they have been a creamy or would that be pale yellow coloured skin with green inside I love them..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 14:13:03
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Looking good , bet the kids can hardly wait.Is it ready yet?? Is it ready yet?? Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 14:17:23
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Mary-Anne, it will change colour to a creamy/slight greenish colour
Pitta, the kids say "is it ready yet?" in the same tone as they say "Are we there yet?" I keep threatening them that I will eat it all and they won't get any if they keep saying that in that tone!!  
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 15:24:07
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Thanks Gail.. Maybe later this year I will grow some.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 15:29:20
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| yum, i do love melons,i should grow some next season |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 16:01:56
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You have nice melons Gail
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 03/02/2009 : 17:04:38
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LOL thee...*i* was going to say that!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 18:40:19
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sorry tessa
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 18:51:06
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I'm not touching that one  
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 18:56:06
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Well I aint touching your Melons either 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 18:59:57
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of course, i was going to display more tact.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 19:00:59
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My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 19:03:12
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You're both as bad as Ian... that's the sort of think I have to put up with all the time!
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 19:47:08
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Sorry Gail, on a serious note we'll wait for the taste test
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 10/02/2009 : 07:23:56
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The watermelon definitely passed the taste test We picked the big watermelon on Friday and had demolished it by Saturday - it was a struggle but I made it last two days. It weighed in at 8.6kgs. Turned out to be a sweet and juicy Champagne melon - the kids had fun mixing the seeds up when they helped plant them so there are 3 different types of melons mixed together in the garden and the only ones I can tell apart are the Moon and Stars vines though the champagne vine (now I know what it is) is doing the best of the lot.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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A couple of melons