Out of curiousity regarding the beans, are they doing well? Have you grown them before? One thing I learned that nobody seems to mention is that legumes don't n

Out of curiousity regarding the beans, are they doing well? Have you grown them before? One thing I learned that nobody seems to mention is that legumes don't necessarily fix their own nitrogen. In my soil, for instance, beans do poorly and leaves get chlorosis because there aren't any appropriate rhizobium for them to utilize (I've checked the roots - no nodules at all). If you can innoculate the beans before planting they do much better. Adding nitrogen fertilizer hasn't actually helped as much as I would have expected, but does help somewhat -- unfortunately that also inhibits any use of any existing rhizobium. Even so, pole beans give me a 15-fold return on my seed planting (that's actually pretty poor compared to what is expected, but I still think it's a great return). Zucchini is easy and you'll be amazed how fast they grow. So is squash (same family). Tomatoes, peppers and cilantro don't grow well where I live. They like the heat.