ice wax

I think we have harvested the ice wax bean twice, and that's about it. Not at high yield plant and the flavour is average. I wonder if it is related to the location of the plant. Though the instructor said the three plants can fit into the pot (cherry tomoato, bean and basil), as it turns out, it simply gets too crowded. Having said that, it is our first time to grow bush bean and we are happy to see something new growing on our patio.

veggies in container

I attended a workshop on vegetables in container and brought some plants directly from the grower: two tomato plants, bean, basils, egg plant and marigold (to repel insects). We are not really into the container approach but we decided to do it as an experiment.

She recommended putting the tomato (called lollipop, transluscent yellow cherry type), bean (ice wax) and basil together. I put the egg plant (fairy tale) in a separate pot and the other tomato plant (red striped roman) in the ground (thanks goodness we still have a little bit of space left).

The weather has been cold consistently. Mark built a shelter for the sweet basils over the weekend. However, it is just too cold for them. Today, it is 8C.