Picked some strawberries. Hoping for some berries soon.

Be sure to properly dehydrate your green beans... Or it may not work out. I had some that were fine for a month or two. But these are closer to five months. I ignored some the articles that suggested blanching and some other steps prior to dehydration. It seemed so wasteful and time consuming, especially compared to my evenly, thinly sliced cucumbers that lasted for several months... And I'll probably ignore them on my next round and split the beans lengthwise, and leave in the dehydrator much longer.

Cleared out my garden and calling my first #mittleider garden a success. It grew faster than I expected and yielded more than I expected (will be eating dehydrated cucumber chips for another week or two). It's weird seeing it this empty. #grownostr https://iris.to/note1t47zhgpncxrv5ad8jn2td402ugkk3ewknf0td4cugrm7c7uehsys0v3muh

Received my Pixel tablet today. With the same computer I used for a previous install, I had #grapheneos installed on it in 15 minutes using the web installer. #grownostr

Probably my last significant cucumber harvest of the season. Most of these aren't as green as my prior cucumbers. I waited a little longer to harvest and the summer sun is now on. Hopefully the dehydrated cucumber chips will still taste great. #mittleider #garden #grownostr

In my #mittleider #gardening, the weight of the cucumber plants lead to some vertical support wires between the t-posts snapping. Also, notice the effect of the afternoon sun on some of the plants. Fortunately, they recovered by evening, I think due to extra water, though I may need to add some shading. #grownostr

I got these berry bushes somewhat contained. Before, it was hard to get around them to spray and water. They still may grow taller than I expected. #gardening #grownostr

These are the largest cucumbers I've harvested, maybe 1.5 times larger than some others I've harvested and eaten. And larger than what some others have said to be tasty. The others tasted fine but I also dehydrated them and added some seasoning. I'm hoping the same for these. #mittleider #gardening #grownoster https://iris.to/note1gh8q9h4d70t7xkjckzuw3qnyqmck2lxrere97m6cfvqr9xpr97qq58kas0

Now that I've had some success with my #mittleider #gardening I'm reflecting on lessons learned. From the first picture, my cucumbers plants were mostly on the left row and part of the middle row. From the later picture, you can see they dominate the garden. I'll probably be eating cucumber for several months. 1. I'll probably just plant one row of cucumber in my next garden 2. The green beans were the row on the right. I didn't encourage vertical growth for them. I think if I'd done that, I could have doubled my green bean harvest.

First edibles from #mittleider #gardening Five layer dehydrator (first tray already eaten, next three trays cucumbers, bottom tray green beans ). Wasn't sure I'd make use of it. It'll probably be used most nights the next couple of weeks. #grownostr

First harvest green beans from #mittleider #gardening I'm guessing I'll harvest enough to dehydrate and snack on for a couple of weeks or so. #grownostr

First harvest cucumbers from #mittleider #gardening I'm guessing I'll harvest 5-10 times this by the end of harvest. #grownostr

Caterpillars ravage some plants but cucumbers still thriving. #mittleider #gardening #grownostr

My #mittleider #gardening before and after encouraging vertical growth. #grownostr