There are three tiny Cayennes. Aren't they cute? The reddish building in the background is where we keep the tractors and most other garden stuff.

























I'm gonna try and put these posts with pictures in better order from now on. What I want to do is put a picture here: Looks like I got it.










It's a picture of what I hope will be Bell peppers. For those of you who don't know all peppers start out green no matter what color they turn at maturity.

I'll hold off on pictures for a while until I get some more mature fruit. I am so encouraged by what's out so far.

Pretty fun stuff so far even though I spent a ton of time weeding today. The weeds are still winning anyhow. It can't be said enough that Farmers are deserving of all the praise that can be heaped their way.

First One

Hey, I should have noticed it earlier but above right is a picture of
my first Pepper. You may have to zoom in but it's directly opposite from the
Blossom towards the center of the plant. That, dear followers is a Cayenne.
Restrain your enthusiasm. Cayennes are pretty much weeds. I don't say that
because they are a nuisance but Cayennes are easily the heartiest veggie I've
ever attempted to grow. If this critter is any indicator the Cayenne crop should
come out pretty nicely.

Sad to say the picture on the left is an Habanero. I don't know how to put a Tilden over the "n" in Habanero so I'll do me best to give you the phonetic pronunciation. "ah/ ban/ YER/ o" Now aren't we the little polyglots? Linguistics aside I am well aware that the little plant is in some jeopardy of being over run by weeds. Believe it or not I've been doing a ton of weeding. Clearly not enough but I'll keep at it. Just to keep all one of my follower current the Habaneros are late bloomers and are fiercely hot. They thrive in the tropics. Not as hot as the Bhut Jolokias but they pack a pretty nasty punch. The Bhut Jolokias are the seriously nasty ones. Believe it or not the Indians use an extract of the Bhut Jolokia as a pepper spray that is reputed to be the equivalent of a TAZER. They don't do the same thing to a person but the incapacitating effects of each are said to be similar. I know this may not be necessary but the Indians to which I referred are the Asian type.

My daughter tells me that she has a few Roma tomatoes on the vine. Now that's early for them. In my experince even Romas don't jump out until July. Pretty sweet, huh? Roma tomatoes are the ones that are best for sauce. A couple of seasons ago we harvested more than two trash bags full. No exaggeration. We had sauce until very early spring. That was from 8 plants. I put a dozen Romas in this year. We'll see.

Sorry

Shoot, Dear followers, tomorrow I'll post a few shots of the peppers. The crop is doin mighty nicely. Perhaps I should post a video of my weeding. Nahh. It'd be the stuff of censorship. No. It'd be the stuff of, "Lock this B up and the key need not be found." Saint Rose of Lima tossed herself into thorn bushes. I could have offered her suffering. The bugs are beyond nasty. Now, to those who have either sunbathed, weeded or similarly spent time in the sun in a specific place for a time I gotta ask, 'How the F do the bugs know how to get to the exact same place?' Not kidding. A Fly can be shooed but a fly-- one must allow that it is not necessarily the same fly-- and a fly goes to the exact same location...... Yo, Rosie, wanna weed my Pepper Patch? That'll give you an entre into the Hereafter.** Forgive my digression.

Ya weed. Ya water. If any of it turns out ok then you won. There have been glorious harvests out of that tawdry garden. Kick ass peppers. Hottest peppers I've ever tasted. That said the least fiery peppers I've ever grown came out of that same soil last year. Go Figure.


***Um, while I am a practicing Catholic I find it supremely difficult to imagine that the Almighty thinks that Flagellants or those who otherwise MORTIFY the flesh are doing the work of the Almighty. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) tossed herself into thorn Bushes. I wanna go to Heaven. That kind of self torture I find Pretty Sick. Does this mean Rosie ain't in Heaven? She may be. But Islamist bad folk think that sending their kiddies into a market to blow themselves, and any number of perhaps faithful Muslims along the way... Shame on any who want the almighty to encourage suffering. Shoot, kiddies, the Almighty is ALMIGHTY. That genderless entity don't f'n need suffering, sacrifice or any level of malevolence. Hey, I'm just thinkin. Mass at 7:00 AM

June 6

Please allow me to apologise to my myriad followers who have been clamoring for news of the crop. At left you will note that, fairly pregnant with bud, is an Ancho Chile. I never tried to grow Anchos before so I'm pretty happy to see them coming along pretty well. We haven't had too much moisture so it was necessary to water recently. But, mirabile dictu,** they seem to be behaving EXACTLY the way the other peppers do. I know how to do the other ones so I'll keep treating them the same way. Kinda like children a good parent treats them all the same. Now that happens to be a TOTAL canard. I've had kids and I did NOT treat them equally. The myth is that a parent does. The practical application never cleaves to "the book", does it? Be parenting as it may, I will treat the peppers equally. So there. TTFN.

Lou

**For the Latin impaired 'mirabile dictu' means, "wonderful to relate."