Upstairs, Downstairs

Decided to try taking advantage of the fertile "upstairs" portion of the hanging bucket (container) planters: Planted bean and pea seeds in the top of each one. This is probably fraught with problems—mingling the roots of legumes with the roots of tomatoes, peppers, etc., growing in the "downstairs" parts of the buckets. On the other hand, perhaps the bean/pea roots will fix some nitrogen that the downstairs plants can take advantage of. The main problem is sunlight—the pea and bean seeds sprouted beautifully in all six buckets but they are in the shade nearly all day. The plan was for them to grow up the strings on which the buckets are suspended but that would keep them in the shade permanently under the porch overhang. I'll work on this. :-)









The lizards were eating Mexican the other night and this guy stopped by for some cilantro: