something's eating my beans

The garden is going full force. I never know what to say when people ask me what I'm growing. It's sort of like when people ask me what kind of food I cook. I'm not sure they are really prepared for the answer. I could start listing plants and that might go on for a few minutes. I really like plants and am not sure that I want to hear the whole list. The other option is what I usually go with, which is to say, "Um... lots of stuff... herbs, flowers, tomatoes..." By this point, they usually lose interest.

I finally remembered to bring my camera out to the garden last week. Looking at this picture has confirmed that some sort of animal is eating my bean plants. Since that picture was taken, at least two green bean seedlings have fallen over and one is losing its first set of leaves. I'm not sure if it will survive, but it is looking kind of sad. Then again, one of my kohlrabi plants got mowed down to the point that there were no visible plant parts above the dirt, and it came back and looks like it will be productive.

Sometimes it's hard not to have garden envy. My tomato plants are doing ok, maybe even great if you consider that last year, none of the tomatoes that I started from seed made it to fruit or even flower. This year, I have enough tomato plants that I have started giving the extra seedlings away. I start to feeling pretty good about the state of my tomato plants, but then I glance over at my neighbor's plants, which look like towering behemoths in comparison. Their leaves are probably about the size of my hand and their stems look like sapling trunks. Are those plants on steroids?? Meanwhile, I'm trying to remember to fertilize on a regular basis. Oh well.

In other news, I planted some basil (spicy Greek and lemon) and asparagus peas a few days ago, I think on Sunday. They haven't sprouted yet and I'm starting to get impatient, so I just started some more spicy Greek basil and large leaf Italian basil. I think basil might be like black tank tops... you can never have too many. Hahaha.