HANDY MORSELS

We live in a townhouse with a small garden on three sides.

The conditions are relatively harsh: very hot in summer and very cold with little sun during winter. I planted purple beans in the side garden in the spring but due to the rain, the plants have only just begun to 'flourish'. Two early beans fell victim to the birds, who also like the flowers but today I have 'harvested' two fully grown specimens as shown on the right hand side of the front planter! I protected them with strips of bubble wrap to 'frighten' the birds.

We will have the deep purple produce in salad tonight with the baby spinach, thyme, garlic chives and mint! The spinach has been keeping us in daily leaves for a few days now.

 Luckily, I am only feeding the two of us!

Except for the beans, other things only seem to do well in pots. The parsley likes the most inaccessible patch in the garden.