Beans Finally!!!

I knew the beans would be late because I was so late in planting.Yesterday I finally collected my first green and yellow beans and are they nice! They're a great colour, great shape, great texture and you guessed it, they taste great, too. They're the best size I've seen. I'm wondering if that is because I've been picking off leaves all summer long to give to the rabbits. We enjoyed some of the yellow beans with supper last night. Today I'm going to freeze the rest.

While I was out collecting the beans, I noticed a few more carrot tops. Looks like I may have twenty carrots instead of five or six. Plus the little row I put in of the baby carrots when I realized my first planting was a no-show. The baby carrots are thin, but they are there. Hopefully they'll get to a decent size before October.

On the plus side, both my cucumbers and tomatoes seem to be ahead of the game. We've been eating the cukes for a couple of weeks now. This summer was just perfect for cukes, they like it hot and muggy. The tomato plants are laden with fruit and I think I'm seeing just the faintest blush of red on the biggest ones.

Everything else is coming along. The corn are getting some tassels and the snow peas are straggling behind. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be the only person around who will have fresh snow peas in September.

One thing I have noticed is a lot less bugs in the garden. That war simply wasn't waged this growing season. If I saw three of those miserable potato bugs that love the cuke and tomato plants, I'd be surprised. I'm wondering if planting this late kept the bugs away. I think that is wishful thinking but until proven otherwise, I'll go with it. I always try to find some redeeming quality to procrastination, 52 years old and I'm still looking.