{"id":1518,"date":"2013-08-21T06:21:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T12:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csafarmdurhamkawartha.com\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2013-08-21T06:21:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T12:21:29","slug":"pumpkins-and-melons-and-squash-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csafarmdurhamkawartha.com\/?p=1518","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkins and Melons and Squash, Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went on an expedition this week to see how close they were to being ready, and to find out just exactly how to tell when they are ready.\u00a0 We could not believe just how big they were!\u00a0 Last year, the melons didn\u2019t really ripen, and the squash were so very small.\u00a0 No worry about that this year!\u00a0 As you can see Jessalynn and her mother have successfully found a ripe watermelon!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/beeecade760fa6cae21ced2b3\/images\/jess_tasting_melon.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the squash are almost the size of my head!\u00a0 Here\u2019s a hubbard and an acorn squash:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/beeecade760fa6cae21ced2b3\/images\/Hubbard_squash.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" align=\"none\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/beeecade760fa6cae21ced2b3\/images\/acorn_squash.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the pumpkins won\u2019t be very hard to find this year \u2013 they are already very big!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/beeecade760fa6cae21ced2b3\/images\/pumpkin.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A very big thank you to all of you for your kind words regarding Penny.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to know that she will be remembered fondly by you as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget about the Weeding Bee this Saturday, August 24<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 all day!\u00a0 We will have a potluck dinner at 6 pm, if you would like to join us \u2013 please bring food to share, a chair and something to drink for yourself.\u00a0 If that date does not work, you are always welcome to join us on our regular weeding days every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went on an expedition this week to see how close they were to being ready, and to find out just exactly how to tell when they are ready.\u00a0 We could not believe just how big they were!\u00a0 Last year, the melons didn\u2019t really ripen, and the squash were so very small.\u00a0 No worry about&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csafarmdurhamkawartha.com\/?p=1518\">Read More<span class=\"hidden\"> about &#8220;Pumpkins and Melons and Squash, Oh My!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","misc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We went on an expedition this week to see how close they were to being ready, and to find out just exactly how to tell when they are ready. 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