I told you about the new Double Coded or double coneflowers Butter Pecan and Raspberry Beret, but at The Garden Guy’s house, a wild kingdom is playing out on the Color Coded “One in a Melon” plants. Use a hole punch in the tags after printing and cutting and then use a ribbon or twine to attach the tags to your melon gift. This One in a Melon Party features charming colors, amazing decorations and tons of party ideas that will make you giddy with delight!

Melons ( Cucumis melo) are closely related to cucumbers and have a similar style of growth, with vigorous scrambling stems, large leaves, yellow flowers and clinging tendrils. In a greenhouse they are usually grown up supports to save space. Make the fondant. Put 30ml of water into a heatproof bowl and sprinkle over the gelatine. Leave to soak for 5 minutes, or until the mixture looks spongy, then set the bowl onto a pan of very hot water and leave for a few minutes, until the gelatine is smooth. Remove the bowl before the mixture gets hot, and stir in the glycerine and glucose. PREPARE SIMPLE SYRUP: While cakes are baking, prepare simple syrup. Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar granules completely dissolve. Remove from heat, stir in watermelon extract and cool to room temperature. We did a cake smash with Prestyn but just realized I never actually shared the photos on here. Maybe I will one day. Mix about half the red food colouring with 2 tablespoons of the syrup, then stir in a few tablespoons of the sponge batter. Add this to the rest of the batter and combine until there are no streaks.Melon-colored flowers and matching melon cones. At 5-5½" wide these are among the largest flowers in the collection. Petals are held horizontally and overlap for maximum display. The cantaloupe flower color is lighter than 'Orange You Awesome' and not a true yellow like 'Yellow My Darling'.

Brush the undersides of the warm sandwich sponges with watermelon syrup, then cool completely. Place 1 sponge, top-side down, on a cake board. Spread with one third of the red buttercream and sprinkle over one third of the remaining chocolate chips. Place the second sponge on top, top-side down, and repeat. Add the third sponge and repeat again. Set the hemisphere sponge on top and gently press down so the cake holds together. Chill for 20 minutes to firm up. COLOR CODED® Echinacea are produced vegetatively from tissue culture, so all plants will be identical in color and habit. These varieties were selected for their excellent basal branching, flower performance, large flower size, and horizontally held petals. Enjoy these as late summer interest for your garden. These are perfect pollinator magnets and during late fall to winter the seed heads will serve as food for birds. Limiting the number of melons per plant helps to ensure the fruits grow to a reasonable size and ripen well. When the young fruit are gooseberry size, select the best one or two on each side-shoot and remove all other flowers and fruit. Then pinch out the tip of each side-shoot two or three leaves beyond the fruits. Remove any new growth that forms beyond this point, so all the plant’s energy goes into the fruit. Remove from freezer and frost and smooth outside edge of cake, and finally frost the cake top. Pipe additional frosting around the bottom of cake and the top edge of cake. Cover and refrigerate after frosting. Styled to perfection by Yarelis Ruiz of Artsy Party Styling, out ofPuerto Rico; this adorable first birthday bash is filled with delicious details you will be dying to take a bite out of!

Free Printable Tag – You’re One in a Melon

My friend Kimberly gave me her cake recipe and it turned out pretty good. This was my first completely homemade cake and icing. We are pretty sure Annie has a milk allergy so I wanted to make sure I knew what was in her cake. She didn’t have a reaction so I plan to make the cupcakes/cake for her party next weekend. I did layer of green cake on the bottom, a layer of white icing, a layer of pink cake, a layer of pink icing, another layer of pink cake, pink icing in little rosette pattern, finally topped with mini chocolate chips for the “seeds”.