Pick a Peck

I won't be pickling them, but I will have a peck of peppers to pick! My previous attempts to grow them from seed were complete failures, so this year I bought plants: two sweet and two jalapeños, The tag for the sweets blew away in a windstorm, so I can't tell you what variety these are, but the one in my hand is the second to reach maturity. The walls are rather thinner than I would have preferred, but they are tender and flavourful. The jalapeños, on the other hand, are just starting to form, and promise to be at least as abundant. Zucchini #5 is almost big enough to pick.

Garden Cart

I've had this garden cart for several years, and it only just occurred to me that instead of lugging plants in and out of the house morning and evening, I could just put them in the cart and wheel it into and out of the garage while I'm hardening them off for planting. I'm going to take a chance and put them out later this week, although our nighttime temperatures are still dipping into the low 40s. If I have to, I'll put protective covers on them if there's a threat of frost. What you see here includes two Sungold tomatoes (a friend calls this variety "tomato candy," and I have to agree), one zucchini (no one needs more than one), an eggplant (experiment!), and four peppers (two sweet and two jalapeno). Given how well my other plants are doing, this year may well be the best garden I've had in the 35 years I've lived here!