Beans, winged and long... and nuts of the pea-type...

Tried to grow for three seasons, winged beans from seeds taken back from Malaysia...

But no cigar... just as the plants began to flower, winter came along and killed them all...

Could it be that these these beans are too used to the perennial summer conditions in Malaysia so much so that they could not adapt to the changing seasons in Japan?

Finally purchased some seeds from a dealer in Japan...

And woah, the accumulative harvest came to about 200 pods...

Meanwhile, long bean seeds taken back from Malaysia coped very well with conditions here...

For many seasons, they have been fruiting quite profusely...

Sometimes, my missus cooked these long beans omelet styled...

They taste good, I must say...

Peanuts... yeap, I love growing them... and of course, eating them too...

Last summer, had three plots of them...

Forgot to weigh the harvest but it was quite substantial by our standards...

Am enjoying the nuts bit by bit these days...

Bitter gourd, pumpkin, and long beans...

Been very busy with work lately...

Bitter gourd is standard fare on our dining table... 

My sweeto haato specifically says, 'grow the long type and not the stubby type'...

They are quite easy to grow... at this point of time, we have on record a harvest of 54 fruits...

My missus tried to make this dish (known as Yong Tau Foo in Malaysia) and they tasted, yes, bitter... but good...

Pumpkin too, is a staple for us in the summer...

This season, managed to harvest five of them, totaling 8.1 kilos...

Gave one to a neighbor...

I don't know what it is but the yellow pumpkin seeds I bought from Los Angeles some time ago had never given me any good harvest...

After growing to a certain size, they begin to wrinkle away, and eventually, drop off altogether...

So, I decided to just harvest them young, very young...

We had them with the bitter gourd dish above...

Long beans... I love...

They are a very convenient veggie to grow...

You harvest and they keep producing...