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.