Zucchini - the first female flower

Things changed. The first female flower appeared (recognizable by the mini zucchini right under the flower, compared to the absence of which in the male version). After two weeks of shrinking excitement about the yellow bloom, the plant again receives much more attention when I'm doing my plant checking round. I'm excited. 
The female flower is currently still quite small, and I'll hope that not all male flowers are dried up by the time the other one is ready to get fertilized. 

Growing Zucchini

Another first for me this year was growing a zucchini plant. 

It sprouted really quick and the young plant developed nicely. Flowers keep coming but until now there is no female flower. Well, at least the color is pretty. I do not harvest the flowers for frying at this point since there is only one at a time blooming and I don't think that warrants to heat up the oil. 

Growing Asian long beans

This was my first attempt to grow those pretty long beans. On the package it said that they would grow from seed to crop within 50 days. Well, it took double than that in my case until I harvested my first bean. I did not mind the delay and enjoyed the simple fact that the plant produced something that I love eating.