I "spot compost" in the wintertime, where even here in GA it gets too cold for the compost pile to heat up. I had some newly created beds last fall, so all winter long my bucket of kitchen scraps were buried in different locations in the bed, and then forgotten about.
Imagine my surprise then, when I returned home from several days away from home and found melon vines resting on top the wood chips that marked these new beds. I now have 2 canteloupes working their way to ripeness, and 2-3 small honeydew melons trying to hide themselves from the rabbits/deer so they can grow/flourish.
No complaints here, though -- if the melons live long enough to be harvested, I'll just be grateful for the unexpected bounty.
