My Condo Garden: Beans and Pea(s)

Friday, May 20, 2011

Beans and Pea(s)

I've been so busy, I haven't had much time to blog, but it's green bean season in the condo. These guys were never outside at all, but flowered and now I'm getting beans:

This one looks a bit bumpy
I'm wondering if it needs more water

...and.............. ta da! A sole pea pod:

These are English peas, not sugar snap peas, so I'll have about 4 or 5 peas from this pod (provided I don't kill it between now and harvest). Small side dish, but this is good news considering this was a plant I thought died in a battle with the green beans.

In other news, the tomato plant has several flowers:

I want to put them all outside, but I'm concerned about their acclimating when their with fruit (vegetable) and workmen are working on our balconies today, so there's no room.

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I'm a busy attorney and political writer, a single gal who lives in a condominium in a suburb of Chicago. Sick of food recalls, mystery produce and tomatoes that taste like wet rags, I became interested in locally grown food. I hit the farmers' market every summer, but that was inconvenient and expensive. So, I decided to try growing a few things on my condominium balcony and in my unit. Last year, I tried tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini and an assortment of herbs. Apart from the herbs, everything died. I'm trying again this year armed with more Internet research and larger containers, but me being me, I'm still doing most everything on the fly and hoping for the best. So far, my garden has been even more inconvenient and expensive than the farmers market, but it's more fun too, and I'm learning a lot. Let's see what happens. If you have suggestions, please put them in the comments.