Watermelon Story

Here's Violet hovering over one of the watermelons that grew unexpectedly out of our compost pile. Jason attempted to grow some other types of watermelon from seeds sent to us by a friend, but they didn't do very well even though we tended to them and made sure they were watered. Instead, we had a crop of wild watermelons that grew without any help from us! The last few days I was pregnant, my mom kept us well supplied with watermelon. The seeds and rinds all got mixed into the compost bin and not too much later, some runners shot out from underneath the bin. We let it go and it is now taking up a significant portion of the yard out back. WARNING: DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS IF YOU GET QUEASY EASILY! I went into labor at 1 in the morning on June 6 and between contractions, I ate some of the melon my mom had cut up. I wanted something light, but energizing for the long hours ahead. Long story short....I vomited up the watermelon after a really big contraction. Jason said it was the sweetest-smelling vomit he'd ever smelled and we believe the melons we have growing right now are the offspring of the watermelon I puked up the night Violet was born! Isn't that a heart-warming story?