Beans and Peas

This is Timothy inside the bean teepee I constructed from branches of an alder tree we cut down. The beans are really starting to come up now, finally, after a few very hot days. In a month or two, this whole thing should be covered in growth and provide quite the kids’ hideout.

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The peas are already taller than him, he looks like he’s lost in the jungle when he tries to walk between them and the pototoes.

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They’re just about ready to start harvesting, the snap variety at least. The shelling ones need to get a little bigger.