I put several shallow bowls of beer out in the yard to attract all of the snails in the area, when they mowed down all of my beans the first time, and then when I was getting ready to put in more beans, I again put out the beer to keep them away. I have a few I started in little pots and I'll put them in a different part of the garden (I've already put out beer there to clear out the troops).

This morning I put side dressing down; compost from the back yard dropped in around the base of the bush bean plants that are now producing flowers and beans. I have a printout from some state's ag department that suggests this is a good way to keep them making beans. Putting on a fertilizer proper (especially one with high nitrogen) would only inspire leaf growth, not beans. We shall see. This morning I picked my first five beans, and that many will be ready again tomorrow. This means that in a couple more days I'll have enough for a single serving. :)

I made pizza tomoight, a nice dough recipe I found in Martha Stewart Living. I've been making a recipe that was okay, but was a modified bread loaf dough. I tried this one to see if the chemistry of the different amounts of flour/salt/oil would be more restaurant like, and it is. But it's a lot of dough, and after making a small pizza for each of us and making a spare small crust to freeze (we just thaw, add toppings, and bake), I decided the remainder, enough for a couple more personal pizzas, should go into an experimental bread. I've never made focaccia before, but I had a little mozzarella, a little Parmesan, and I went out to the garden and picked some fresh oregano and basil and cut up and sprinkled on top of olive oil and salt and garlic powder.

I haven't tried it, we were full from our pizza. But I may take it in to work tomorrow for a morning snack in the office.

My pizza tonight was topped with peppers and onions from the garden. This is such a great time of year, when we can start eating this stuff!

SRS