Small Raised Bed Garden Tour and Harvest, Plus Planting Clean Up Gardening On Suburban Homesteading

The gardener finds computer-related tasks and building a website to be tedious and does not enjoy doing them.

The primary activities in the garden include harvesting peas and chard, cleaning out garden beds, deadheading plants, and planting new white half runner beans.

The gardener experiences stress relief, a sense of satisfaction, and a way to de-stress by being hands-on in the garden. It also provides an escape from everyday life pressures and anxieties.

The gardener has faced challenges with the hot weather which caused some plants to have deformities, misshapen beans, and difficulties with watering, including sun scorch and blossom end rot.

The gardener plans to shell the harvested peas to pop them in salads and meals. Some of the peas that are dried will be saved for next year’s or next season's crop.

The gardener stakes the chard to a post using velcro to help support the plant and to collect the seeds.

The gardener planted white half runner beans to replace the harvested peas.