Here Comes the Sun

The garden project hasn't been too active during the rainy season. We harvested before the big rains hit, but it's been tricky trying to plant during these months (roughly Dec-May) because the downpours do little to help the young plants, threatening instead to wash them out. Rice farmers here on the coast run the risk of losing a portion of their crop depending on how they gauge the weather and when they decide to plant; if they plant too early and more big rains come, their fields could be flooded. If they plant too late, the dry season's sun could wither or stunt the rice plants.

After one failed attempt at planting (lettuce), we decided to go for something hardier: corn and beans.

We didn't completely fill the beds, as we wanted to let at least some of the soil rest before we turn it and plant again once the rains die down (which, knock on wood, they seem to be doing).

Both corn and beans look to be getting along well. Time to find a recipe for seven-layer dip, methinks.