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Peas Please
Jul 26, 2007 | 3:37 PM PST
Tags: seeds , peas , garlic , compost

Soooooo many Peeeeeeeeeaas!

And some garlic.  Yum!

Clearly the bed that has lots of compost in it grows everything and anything 10 times better than the bed with no compost.  Except beans.  My beans are sad all around this year.

 anybody have any good ideas about how to dry/save seeds over winter for next year?
 

July Bounty Begins
Jul 6, 2007 | 11:34 AM PST
Tags: compost , beans , tomatoes , garlic , peas

It's been a while, and everything's growing so well.  I should have given the peas something higher to climb up because now they are climbing out.  But they are delicious, and they seem happy enough. 

The raspberries are getting close to their end, but they have been so delicious.  Kudos to the previous tennents who planted them.

The parsley is looking happy inbetween the tomatoes, though I'm not sure the tomatoes in the terrace are going to bear fruit.  I think the soil could use some compost in a bad way, but it's probably going to have to wait till fall.  The beans are struggling on too, and so far one of them is trying for a bean.  I must have kept them inside too long, because once I planted them outside, they all got eaten and sunburned (despite my shade cloth and soapy water spray), only to recover slowly with new, darker leaves that can handle the outside clime.  Not sure if they'll get around to many beans, but I'm glad they struggled though. 

And lastly, I pulled a garlic up yesterday.  Not sure if it's too early, but next time I cook, we'll find out!