Garden Update

Last weekend I planted some green beans and sugar snap peas in my garden. I did this for three reasons: one - green beans and sugar snap peas are delicious; two - the beans I planted in my cold box were of good size and the roots were growing out of the bottom; and three - because I was getting my bees in a couple of days (which I will report on later) and I wanted the beans all set up before they came in.



I wanted the bean poles to act as a barrier which the bees would need to fly over, and stay out of "people space" when they head off for pollen, nectar, and water.



I used hay from the chicken coop as mulch, and fertilized them with Espoma's "Plant-Tone" as I planted them.

I also planted squash in the middle as a "three-sisters" kind of thing (without the corn)...though you can't see them in this picture since they're in the bed in the background.