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Wordless Wednesday: Shades of Yellow

Cynthia — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:35:25 +0000

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How Does Your Veggie Garden Grow

Cynthia — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:26:59 +0000

I am amazed how much growth the vegetable garden has put on in the past couple of days. It does not seem to notice the gloomy and down right chilly weather we have had the last three days. Temperatures did not even reach 70°F over the weekend! Not exactly what I would call summer like weather! Today I thought I would share some of the pictures I took of the vegetable garden over the weekend. I took advantage of the overcast weather to get some nice shots of a view vegetables that are growing beautifully right now.

This year I am trying out raised beds for my corn and I think the photo below shows just how much this year’s corn likes this raised bed!

The zucchini is getting huge and is starting to produce some nice sized zucchinis this week.

The other day I was able to harvest our first one and we ate it raw right then and there. YUM!

Growing next to the zucchini is a pattypan squash and I have found it is always slower to flower than the zucchini. It looks like it should be flowering within the next week though.

I decided to grow some tomatoes, peppers, and basil on my deck in some old nursery pots I happen to have on hand. The deck always gets so hot so I figured they might really like residing there.

Finally, here is a shot of my bush beans that are flowering. Aren’t they pretty? I did not know this variety would have such pretty flowers. Now I can’t wait for the beans to develop.

That was a small glimpse into how my veggies are growing this week. How are your vegetables growing right now? Harvesting anything this week?

Perennial Pepper

Cynthia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:27 +0000

I once years ago read somewhere that you could, with a little effort, pot up a pepper plant from the garden and bring it indoors under grow lights where it will overwinter until next year. I always thought that was interesting as I once grew a cayenne pepper in sunny Southern California that never died. It was in fact the happiest cayenne I had every seen.

While out and about the other day I spotted a display of peppers that were advertised as being on clearance. They looked rather healthy and the thought crossed my mind that they would be lucky enough to produce much before autumn settles in. That was when the memory of the perennial pepper came flooding back. I could grow one of these in a pot and bring it indoors when I bring in some of my other tender plants. Then come next spring this pepper would have a head start on all the rest.

So, I chose an Anaheim pepper to help me remember my days spent gardening in California. Well, that is the label says it is an Anaheim pepper. To me it looks more like a jalapeno but I guess time will answer that question. I plan on transplanting it into a bigger pot here in the next few days. We shall see how it fairs during the winter months spent indoors. Hopefully with any luck next year I will be having some beautiful peppers long before the tomatoes even begin to set fruit.