The start of the season

This is a new bed where we're planting some veggies. Unfortunately, the watermelon and cucumbers don't seem to be doing well. Hopefully I can replace the this weekend since it's so early in the season. The turtle is acting as temporary weed control - I thought we were pretty creative, but I wonder what the neighbors think?

UPDATE:  None of the plants in the front bed made it.  I think we're either going to try again by tilling some garden soil into the dirt, or use the turtle as a planter.  I'm leaning towards planter.  Sorry, neighbors.