The Cantaloupe that took over the world!

Good Grief! I had an idea of how much it would grow but my goodness! It's taking over the world! We put it in the corner of the bed that had the onions (you remember how big those got don't you) and look what happened. It's overtaking the strawberry cage and slowly creeping into the cayenne peppers.




Say Hi to Johnny. He's in there somewhere....














Like most of us in this part of Texas we're low on rain and the heat has been just terrible. When we got back from Florida I very rarely ventured outside and when I did it was hard to even breathe it was so hot. I really don't know how people in the really hot parts of the country do it. Our highest temp in Denton was 107. TOOOOOO hot. But that is over and we're in the stretch now to Fall and I can hardly wait. ***

Here are some pics of my flowers in the garden.











For my latest cooking adventures from the garden, I made some pico de gallo with my cayennes. I sliced them up and deseeded them. I sliced up some onions, lemon basil, (going to grow more of this next year), lemon juice, salt and pepper, and of course, tomatoes (I still have some coming on). I took a batch of this to a friend's bbq and they liked it. We had the last of the batch a few days ago here at home. Yum.

I made some Lemon Blueberry Muffins with some leftover blueberries, But I was not happy with the way they came out. I followed the recipie exactly and they were not exactly yuk, but not yum either. The batter looked too dry to me so I added a bit more of milk and it still could've used just a little bit more. Plus, they were not sweet enough - more sugar? I don't know. But they are okay toasted and with some butter. I had one just now. Will I make these again with the extra milk and sugar? I don't know. Very disappointed with how these came out.

Made some chicken salad with seedless red grapes. Huny like it and it is now on the menu. From the garden I added some sweet banana peppers (these are still going like crazy too).

Huny has had grill duty so I've not had to cook as often - yoohoo!