As I am moving through the garden, bed by bed, trying to catch up on things that I have neglected for the past month or so, I am definitely discovering that life does indeed go on without me! Well, the life of a pepper anyways! I planted a few different types of peppers, Bell, Banana and Sweet Yellow Stuffing. My personal experience with peppers have been awesome. I have had no battles with diseases or insects. The only problem I have is that I tend to plant too many plants and they overload me with fruit (always at a time when I don't have the time to deal with them!). This year has been particularly productive for the peppers. I believe it has to do with the horse manure filled beds. Well, this morning was devoted to dealing with the pepper bed, of course, after all the watering, weeding and caring for every other living thing on this property (and bussing Katie to her Drivers Ed classes all this week!) This is a first for me...I actually brought a lawn chair and sat it right next to a banana pepper plant, picked one and a half plants and came up with a full bucket! Only 20 more plants to go!
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