A Garden Update

The plants in the front yard are working hard and looking good, just in time for the arrival of My Parents tonight (yay!). Look at the bounty I harvested the other day (plus an eggplant almost as big as that zucchini):



And, perhaps even more exciting, look what appeared next to the zucchini plant out of nowhere! (I almost missed it because it was hiding behind some leaves.)



Yes, that's right. It's a furry baby melon. And there are more where this one came from. How can Conservative Boy not find this absolutely thrilling? I'll never understand ...