We picked our first crop of Edamame (Envy) yesterday which was roughly 3.5lbs (in the shell) for two rows of plants about 6' long. Next year I think we'll try giving them a bit more space and try using an inoculant to fix more nitrogen into the soil. Our second crop is now flowering, so we should be ready to harvest more around the first of September.
We've also harvested about 3lbs (shelled) of Pink-Eye Purple-Hull peas from one 6' row of plants. They are still producing, and we have another section in one of our raised beds that should start producing in a few weeks.
The Lima beans in both the front and the back are starting to flower finally, and they look very healthy so far. The two green beans that germinated in the raised bed are flowering as well, so maybe we will get a few green beans after all.
The peanuts in the back (that were planted a bit too late) started flowering a little over a week ago. I'm still not very hopeful that they will produce anything before it frosts, but they are at least getting bigger after the rain this week.
We did manage to get a small crop of strawberries that started a few weeks ago. These were from our everbearing strawberries that we planted this year in one raised bed and in the back. The raised bed was almost entirely filled in, so we decided to let them go. It then turned into a fight again slugs (won mostly by using Sluggo) and birds. Next year we'll be sure to use the row covers as much as possible to keep the birds off.
The pumpkins have turned into a breeding ground for squash bugs, and cucumber beetles are in love with them as well. One vine wilted the other day, so I'm guessing one of the squash-vine-borers I saw managed to hide an egg on it. So for now, we'll continue to squish squash bug eggs, fend off the beetles, and hope that maybe we'll get a pumpkin or two.
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