A few weeks ago, my husband and I (and another couple) were at our friends’ house having a cookout. My friend took us all on a tour of their garden to show us all of the little lovelies she had planted there. There actually was quite a few things growing (much to our surprise) and growing quite well.
As she was showing us the plants and explaining what they were she pointed to this leafy vegetable that was growing quite well. It was by far the largest and most advanced plant in the garden and by far the “star plant”.
“THESE are our watermelons,” she stated with pride. Everyone looked a little puzzled as what was growing on the stalks were not round as watermelons usually are, but an oblong vegetable dark green in color. We all just sort of shrugged it off--confused and bewildered but giving her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they were “special” watermelons…
Today my friend came up to me to tell me a little story. She begins by telling me how her daughter has been calling to check up on the garden. (Her daughter is in Savannah visiting family.) My friend then tells her that she thinks something is wrong with the watermelons because they are fading in color. She asks her to look it up online while she is at the library on the internet.
My friend proceeds to go to her garden to investigate. She decides to pick one of the “watermelons” to see what the inside looks like (in attempt to find out what is wrong with them). She slices one open and…tadaaaaaaa…it’s a cucumber.
You know…cucumbers…watermelons…what’s the difference?
I’m still a little curious to know if it is really a cucumber or if in fact it is a zucchini. But that, my friends…is another blog post for another day.
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