did you consider companion planting? some veggies will not grow together,cant remeber which is which but think tomato and potato will not grow beside each other,same with basil it wont grow by some plants even though it considered and pest managment plant,i love the smell of basil,i dont eat it but love planting it just for the aroma but ya that just snapped in my mind,first off if production was in mind it would be spread out,what you have is hobbist bro and doing good you said it yourself one bean went to the belly,mission acomplished,this i know for a fact,pepper plants can grow for years,if over wintered,you cant over winter them outdoors unless you cold box them and even then right now you have to supplement heat,so growing them indoors makes better sense to me,if you dig