Fruits of our Labor

This is one of the cantaloups from the garden. They are so sweet - nice and jucy.  There are about 12 out there getting ripe.   Problem is, once they are ripe something is eating them.  I find a whole cantaloup with part of the skin broken off and the inside hollowed out.  I think maybe it's rabbits - the deer would be eating more than cantaloups.  So now I watch every morning and rescue those that are barely ripe.  After all, the rabbits did not work at preparing the soil, planting, weeding, etc.  so why should they think they get the fruit?   I'm excited to plant next year in a bigger area - once the outter fence is up - so I can have more cantaloup plants, and some watermelons, pumpkins etc.  The space I have not does not welcome large, vining plants.  The peppers, however, are very happy!