Michelle has gardening fever and has worked hard to bring along all kinds of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Sometimes they start as seeds inside the house. Othertimes they start as small plants outside. But predictable growth usually requires lots of love, planning, energy, and time. 

But the melon plant below was a complete surprise. It just started growing on its own. Granted it is growing in the middle of the compost pile, the most fertile part of the yard. Hard to know when those little seeds made their way outside.