{"id":566,"date":"2011-05-14T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/introducing-mr-watermelon.html"},"modified":"2011-05-14T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:38:00","slug":"introducing-mr-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/introducing-mr-watermelon.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Mr. Watermelon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Isn’t he cute????<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So here’s our first watermelon. There are two of them growing right now.<\/p>\n

This thing is TINY! We’re talking about the size of my thumbnail…see how big the blades of grass look?<\/p>\n

Our garden is doing well, although the lack of rain has made it a struggle. Yesterday afternoon and overnight last night we received our first rainfall here since April 4th. As the heat has really turned up, we are also seeing signs of heat stress on our pumpkins and cucumbers.<\/p>\n

I’ll take more pictures of the garden this weekend before I head out to Nebraska for more AF Reserve work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isn’t he cute???? So here’s our first watermelon. There are two of them growing right now. This thing is TINY! We’re talking about the size of my thumbnail…see how big the blades of grass look? Our garden is doing well, although the lack of rain has made it a struggle. 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