Farmer vs Gardener

I became a true farmer yesterday. Not a gardener. A gardener gardens they pick flowers and trim hedges. A farmer harvests crops and is serious about it. So I harvested. Well actually I made my brother and his friend help me as per usual I threatened to get his tv privileges yanked if he didn’t hop to. We (his friend) harvested beans, peas, zucchinis, and turnips. Not bad. We got some good stuff. I am successful! YES! The nice part about peas and beans is that the vegetable comes off the plant but the plant stays there. It doesn’t leave holes or dirt patches in my garden. Look at that nice bean plant. so nice. so fru--vegetableful.

I planted the peas and beans and turnips and I harvested them (the zucchini was a volunteer plant, meaning that it seeded its self and had nothing to do with me).
We ended up eating the beans and zucchinis for dinner today, along with applesauce we made on Saturday. So we were doubly successful and didn’t let the produce rot in the fridge. Look at us and being all sustainable and green. Its like we planned it.

In the aftermath I was informed that I picked the zucchini too small and needed to let them get bigger next time. Harvesting apparently is both science and art. Some things cant be allowed to get too big such as snap peas because they become woody and tough to eat, but small zucchini is bitter, while big zucchini doesn't taste good either. However before this time my experience has been bigger is better.
see this man? he is proud of his potato and it got him internet fame. There are no contests for small vegetables. but there are for 1000 lb pumpkins and tomatoes the size of cantaloupes, and cantaloupes the size of large watermelon, and on it goes, every plant trying to one up the bigger vegetable growing in the next row over. so much to know about growing things. no wonder some farmers only stick to one crop.