It's What's Up Wednesday!

And it’s a beautiful Wednesday here in Happy Valley, too. Not too hot, not too muggy. As soon as I send this missive to you, lovely people, I’m going to head out to the garden and play in the dirt. My tomatoes are getting a little willful, and now that the heat has broke, they need a good talking to. 

One of my favorite parts of gardening is trying new varieties. 

Every year, I grow something new, and it’s amazing and I think, “That’s it. This is the tomato/pepper/squash/what have you that I’m going to grow from now on.” And then the seed catalogs come out, and my eyes glaze over, and I forget about everything I said the previous season. 

This year’s “I’m going to grow them forever” veggies are the Annina eggplant and the Italian Sweet Pepper.

Both are from Territorial Seed and have really knocked my socks off. How about you? I love hearing what you’re growing, readers. So, send me a reply, and tell me all about your latest garden infatuation. What new-to-you variety are you growing this year that’s got you excited?

And since we're talking about things that have knocked my socks off, I have finally figured out how to grow my bush beans vertically. I know, I know, pole beans are a thing. But most of my favorite beans are bush beans, and I've been trying to figure out a way to grow them vertically because they take up a lot of real estate in the garden.