Yes, that's it. A pepper. One little, tiny pepper. According to the picture on the seed packet, it should have been about 4 inches long. This one's pushing an inch. Then again, if it had been 4 inches, it would have hit the ground, because the plant itself never made it much taller than that.
So I'm going to make a few amendments to my gardening plan next year. Because I did have success with the peppers (and yes, considering the rest of my vegetable garden, one pepper is a success, thank you), I'll plant those again, only earlier, and in more soil. Then I'm going to buy beautiful flowers like the ones my grandmother gave me in July--only I'll get them in March, so they'll have time to grow before Hades hits Texas.
Someday, I'm going to be a great gardener. :)
Congratulations on the harvest!
ReplyDeleteEvery gardener learns lessons each season: what to plant, where, how deep, how much fertilizer/mulch, etc.
Someday when you're living in the country, you'll have plenty of room to garden and will be asking for a tiller for Christmas! ha!
BTW, the picture of the pepper is beautiful.
That photo did turn out well, didn't it? I'm thinking about adding it to the collection of photos to paint. It would be different, with so much white in it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement! I'll let you know when I'm ready for the tiller! :)
Aw, he's a cute lil guy. Are you gonna eat him?
ReplyDeleteYea!! for Mr. Pepper. I am glad he brought you joy. Is it salsa time?
ReplyDeleteI'm a little timid about eating the pepper. I grew green beans one time, and I thought they were really gross. But I think curiosity will get the best of me, and I'll have to try it.
ReplyDeleteIt also feels a little like an endangered animal. I mean, this was the only pepper. If I eat it, it's gone! No more peppers!
But if you don't eat it, it goes bad... still no more peppers! Aren't we supposed to enjoy the fruits of our labor? Anyway, you've got a picture of it, and you might have a painting of it... what's to lose?
ReplyDeleteYes I have the same goal. Some day is the key word in my goal. In Some Day I will be alot of things....have a masters degree, be a mom, be financially out of debt....some day. It's a great day huh.
ReplyDeleteYou should make some Salsa.
"Some day" is the Wells Fargo campaign right now. Some day, I'll save for retirement. Some day I'll buy a home... let Wells Fargo make that Some Day Today! I think it's really clever. I especially like the commercial where the dog is trying to catch a ball on the wood floors in an apartment. (Some Day he'll have a backyard...)
ReplyDeleteSorry, I'm a nerd like that. I work in marketing for a bank. If I didn't work here, though, I might switch to Wells Fargo.
Maybe you should just buy fruits and vegetables at the store.
ReplyDeleteDon't squelch my spirit of creativity!! Where is your respect for hard work, and the product of one's hands?
ReplyDeleteLydia, congratulations on an absolutely beautiful pepper. I bet it will produce more next year! I am with you all - "some day" I too will have a fanstastic organic garden and grow all sorts of lovely things!
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