Congrats. Wish I had the room for squash and melons, the old time Tennessee melon sounds interesting. Watermelon or cantaloupe?

Old Time Tennessee is a muskmelon, Schoolhouse.

So pretty. I may love veggie gardens more than any other kind of garden.
Renee

What a wonderful veggie patch - everything looks so lush and healthy and well organized. You will be busy for sure but lots of goodies to eat come winter.

What a wonderful veggie patch is right, wish mine looked as good as yours, those melons look fantastic, I trying to grow Montreal Melons this year I finally tracked down a seed for this old heirloom melon, whether I get to harvest one is another story. I have them in the greenhouse and in a raised bed outside. I can see two fruit the size of a grape on the ones in the greenhouse so far. Probably wishful thinking on my part but you'll never know until you try.

This is the first year I've had to go out and shake the flowers on the tomatoes, I just wasn't getting any fruit at all until I started this. Last year we had a bumper crop, this year if we get a dozen or so we'll be lucky.

Lima's they need heat don't they, I guess they won't grow up here, I've trying a few Chinese Red Noodle beans this year in the greenhouse, I think I see flowers starting to form, the Pretzel beans on the other hand are at a standstill. It's not warm enough outside here for these two. Always trying to push the zones, yep that's me :).

Annette

You call them muskmelons, too? We always did growing up. I'm assuming there is no difference, right?

Yes, there is a difference between melons! Muskmelon does not have netting. C antelope nets.
I've had a TERRIBLE time with racoons (we think) this week. So have two other friends about a mile away. They bite a tomato and leave it. So I'm going to be making green tomatoe with ginger and vanilla jam (and probably a lot of it) this year. Then because it's so hot, the tomatoes are softening but not turning green, then they start to rot on the bottom (which looks like blossom end rot, but it isn't). So we've had to start picking the fruits at the first sign of blush and bringing them in. It's working.
Tonight I had a 20lb harvest thanks to some nice winter squash. We get several good flushes of winter squash here. But still, very under harvest for them ...so many squash bugs! Tonight I began to see little 4 line bugs too, and the leaf footed bugs are sucking on the beautiful tomatillos that I planted for DH...
You know, much to our suprise we figured out this year we LOVE good home grown fresh picked okra! Pan fried or roasted. Delish!
I highly recommend Homemade Pickles cucumbers. They are so disease resistant and keep giving me TONS of cukes. We've eaten about 20 as slicers, and I have a few gallons being made into sweet pickles, and I've also made about 10 jars of refrigerator pickles (for which hubby has almost eaten all) already!!

Glynis, how long does it take your melons to mature from say about the size of a large walnut? The Montreal Melons growing in the greenhouse are about this size now. I'm thinking I shouldn't let any more fruits form so all the uuumph gets pumped into the ones that are starting to form.

I've read so much about this melon I really wanted to try and grow it. I have more seed so I can try again next year, start them earlier under lights if need be and transfer to the greenhouse when it finally warms up.

I also have them planted outside growing gangbusters BUT after the bad spring and late onset of summer I don't think these ones will produce much.

Annette

Annette, sorry! I just got back from Toronto. Yes, try and keep extra melons picked off of the vines. I'd say let three grow and see how you do. My melons are ready much faster than in most places, especially this year with temps steady over the 90's (closer to 100) every day of the summer. They are taking approx 30 days to ripen from when they are female fruiting size (like you are saying, walnut size).
When I returned I found another of the large melons eaten (I was warned, they are so delicious this happens), and three missing off of the vines (at least) just disappeared. I figure the melon loving cuprit (probably a raccoon) is taking them when the slip. Smart thing.
Also arrived to my house stinking - just so smelly inside (I admit, it's always a little weird smelling because of cats, but not pee smell, ever)...I think the raccoons might be living in my attic... :(

wow, super gorgeous.

Wonderful looking and it looks like you'll have fantastic harvest as well.

FlowerLady

wow. that's just beautiful. you are inspiring me!