The sugar baby watermelon is almost ready to pick.  Yes, so far we have just the one on the vines.  The little yellow baby watermelon, which I’d hoped would compete with the sugar baby, died on the vine.  With only one melon from two vines, it hardly seems worth the planting.  We do have several cantaloupes growing nicely.  I’ve had success with them before.

     We will have no lack of eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes since all the plants are producing well so far.  Right now, I’m eagerly waiting for the peppers that are supposed to turn red to do so, and for the tomatoes to ripen.  The eggplants are growing like crazy.  One plant has four little ones and the other two have three each.  Soon G and I will both be serving fried eggplant.  She was over here today drooling over the prospects.

     I had almost forgotten the rosemary I’d planted near the pond last year.  I will have plenty to dry since the plant is doing very well even after the freeze damage from the winter.  The English lavender I picked and hung last month is dried and ready for use in whatever I want.  The variegated lavender plant is starting to bloom.  The scent is milder than the English lavender.