Very... bounteous... huh? To be fair, I got this much off of maybe six plants, and they have tons of unripe beans left to finish growing. I really wish I had the resources to have a bigger garden. Unfortunately, the dirt here is absolutely awful. Because it's a desert, the soil is basically hard-packed dust with almost no organic matter in it. It doesn't hold water, it's a pain in the butt to dig into, and it has almost no nutrients. In order to get anything to grow, we had to build raised beds.
They are about four foot by three foot wide (yes, I know that's not grammatically correct, but it's how Dad would say it) and ten inches deep. The wood's not too bad; the expensive part was the dirt. Thus, I only have two beds and everything's packed in tight. I think if I could have twice the amount of wax bean plants we would have enough beans for dinner at least once a week for quite a while. Ah, well. Someday we'll live someplace where I can have a proper garden.
My second harvest (which only partially counts since I bought the seedlings after my own were killed by bugs) provided enough to have for lunch.
The lettuce is going crazy. That second picture up there is from last week- things are getting even more crowded in there now. I'll have to go take some pictures tomorrow to show you guys how big the cucumbers are getting.
Tomorrow- persimmon pudding? We'll see. And maybe even some non cooking/gardening updates!
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