Nobody Told Them

I guess nobody told these green beans that they aren't supposed to want to grow at this time of year.  We didn't even plant them; they came up from this summer's beans that had dried out on the vine and fell into the bed.  So when we got some rain, the beans just sprouted and began to put down roots and develop leaves.

Volunteer Green Bean Plants

Although the freezers are already stuffed with the beans we grew this summer, as well as some from years past, Cindy decided to put up some strings for the bean plants to climb, since they appear to be thriving.

Sugar Snap Peas

The Sugar Snap Peas at the other end of the bed, which are supposed to be growing at this time of year, have been having a harder time of it.  Cindy put hardware cloth cages around some of them to keep the varmints, especially the feathered California Towhee type varmints, from eating the emerging plants.

The snap pea plants without cages have been stripped to the stems, so I guess the Towhees are hungry.  They don't seem to fancy green beans at this time of year, though; I guess they know they're out of season.