Picking Peppers to Pickle....

I did not realize two weeks passed since my last garden post! I have no excuses, other than life happens! Things in the garden have slowed down at the moment, which makes no sense to me - it should be flourishing!

Since this post is about peppers...I'll get down to the nitty gritty. The green peppers were basically wiped out. There are some peppers growing, but they are so tiny they are not useful in recipes and certainly aren't going to be added to a veggie tray any time soon (or ever)!

The banana peppers are great. I already prepped one can (aka jar) of them and I've been using them on sandwiches. The jalenpenos are doing ok, what is left of them. They also didn't see the growth that we saw last year, but I am getting enough to be able to can and possibly make poppers.

Here are the picked peppers waiting to be canned:



(I will need quite a few more jalapenos, so I'm working on it!)

The serrano pepper plant and the cayenne pepper plant are also growing long, beautiful peppers. I am a little afraid to eat them...they are going to be HOT!!!

Hopefully things will pick back up, so I can have more posts!

Peppy Peppers

Until now, I haven't had much to report on the jalapenos and green peppers. They were growing, but nothing too exciting. Of course, they shot up this week! They really are growing fast and we should have peppers growing soon.

Here is a picture of one of the green/jalapenos from this week. I could try to guess, but it would probably be the opposite. Anyhow, here is the pepper:



A nice surprise from the banana peppers. I can see a pepper already! Here you go:



The cayenne pepper stunted early, but is recovering now:



I didn't take a picture of the serrano pepper, but it is still adjusting to the garden. Hopefully it will make the transition quickly and get growing!

The Cantaloupe Saga

As I mentioned in my last post, my cantaloupe did not fair well in the first round of planting, with only three plants surviving. I purchased two additional planters (with multiple cantaloupe plants) and planted them last night.

Today, I went out to my garden to find one of the "biodegradable" pots dug up. :( I wonder if this is what happened to my original cantaloupe? Whatever dug up the plant must have been disappointed, since they left the piece of the pot they found a few feet away. We only have one cat and no other animals to speak of. I believe this was another pest from the fields. I replanted the pot and hopefully we will have no more problems.

I also planted a serrano pepper plant to help with the "hot" peppers for my salsa. I hope the cayenne pepper snaps out of its early issues, but I wanted a backup plan.

Everything looks awesome, I will plant some individual plant pictures tomorrow!