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Never Give Up, Never Surrender
29 of August 2010
Peppers seem to thrive in containers. As cold as the spring was, and as late as summer was in arriving, the peppers are still thriving this year!
I raised 90 pepper plants, sweet and hot, from seed, and they were doing great up until a purchased plant brought aphids to the entire batch. By the time I found the aphids, the infestation was quite severe.
Below are photos of 2 of the seedlings. This is how the plants looked in early June, when I decided I would go out and buy plants and give up on my babies raised from seed.
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Pepper seedling damaged by aphids
Pepper seedling damaged by aphids
My husband George took 45 of the seedlings on as his special project and here is a sampling of what they look like today. So, lesson learned: “Never give up, never surrender!”
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Mariachi Peppers
Sahuaro Pepper
“That was the last time I ever listened to anybody. So that’s my two cents of advice. Never let anybody tell you you can’t do it. Ever.” — Kent Luttrell
Silvery Fir continues to surprise!
17 of August 2010
The Silvery Fir Tree tomato, in the small hanging basket, has been almost the only tomato up until now to produce any ripe fruit this year! Other plants are JUST now starting to ripen fruit, but what an amazingly late year it has been.
Meanwhile, nothing stops this intrepid little plant. Such a small container, and yet it keeps producing. Not the best flavor, buy hey, when you have no other tomatoes, any tomatoes are wonderful!
Ripening Silvery Fir Tree
Harvesting Silvery Fir Tree (aug 8)
Garlic Harvest
01 of August 2010
Garlic has been harvested, cured and cleaned.
Below is a photo of the result. Not enough garlic planted this year, I can clearly see that now! And no really long storing varieties. There will be tears and gnashing of teeth when we run out and have to buy them!
I will have to do better this year with my planting. Just ordered up 8 new varieties today.
Vostani, Tzan, Simoneti, Russian Red, Romanian Red, Red Janice, Italian Late & Brown Tempest. I have never ordered from this supplier, Keene Organic before, so I am hoping they have good quality stock. I really liked that they allow you to order a customized sample pack!
Garlic Harvest 2010