Huge Melons

We finally got some melons today. I planted cantaloupe and watermelon this year. It seems they have been a little slow in producing, maybe because of the dry conditions we have had here on the farm. Although it looks like the cantaloupe is going to produce much more than last year's did. Margo counted 20 good sized cantaloupe that aren't quite ripe yet. This is our fist year to do watermelons. I had a big problem with squash bugs this year and they got to one of the areas of watermelon and killed the vines. The other area where I planted them seems to be doing ok though. They take up a lot of space. We picked our first one today, they are sometimes hard to tell when they are ripe but I think we hit this one right on the nose. We forgot to take pictures until after we had cut into the melons.
This picture is a little out of focus (some people call it artistic) but here is the watermelon. Please notice my awesome hair and shirt.


Here is the cantaloupe