The Garden

Gardening is a lot like raising children: a ton of work that ends in either great reward or heartbreak. This year we had quite a bit of both. Let me introduce you to our children. I mean plants. 

First, we have our Sweet 100 plant, otherwise known as "Septoria Leaf Spot":

Next, our Better Boy (which miraculously survived a fall off the deck due to a freak wind storm and a neighbor's deck umbrella). Also known as "Septoria Leaf Spot with Late Blight":

And our last tomato plant, known as "Bush Better Boy" or "The only undiseased tomato plant":

This has been a GREAT plant for containers, FYI.

Onto the green beans!

First, the regular-type:

Five plants in two containers

Used to be six but one plant didn't make it.

Then the freakishly giant plants: 

Four plants, grown from the same seeds as the others.

Apparently five-gallon buckets are the way to go with green beans.

And, finally, the impossible-to-kill green onions and chives: 

The daily harvest:

Green beans out our ears and a pitiful handful of tomatoes...sigh...

Dear gene modifiers--I hereby proclaim my support for your work and give a desperate plea for the accelerated production of disease-resistant tomato plants. Please.