I had a mysterious volunteer viney plant growing in the garden (bottom left corner), growing among the volunteer potatoes and the garlic I'd planted.
It looked vaguely familiar with its yellow flowers, but I couldn't quite place it. It certainly wasn't a squash (the flowers were far too small), but I was clueless what it might be.
It started growing a fuzzy green something (fruit? vegetable?), so I patiently waited for it to get more mature to reveal its nature.
Aha. Cantaloupe! Product of another compost burial from last year.
Right now there's just one immature melon, but if the number of flowers is anything to go by, we should end up with a nice crop of cantaloupe before the frost hits.
I love volunteers. They're always so much fun.
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