H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Most of my peppers are really starting to put out. only a few are getting ripe so far. On most of them there was a small flush of fruit then it stopped while they ripened. I went through a few weeks ago and snipped most of those to dry or eat. Now there is a second, and on some a third round of flowers and baby peppers. This is the Korean Dark Green that is used to make traditional kimchi. It has nice spice and flavor, but not too bad. great for snacking. around the serrano and jalapeno heat level. I strippedd this one after the pic and I have a tray of them in the dehydrator and another tray of serrano. I think I am done snipping the new shoots off the tomato trunk. I plan to put a large pile of compost near the base then let it go wild. The peppers are all above that level now, or aren't doing for shit anyway.
This is a little random habitat thing that happened. This is the ledge at the edge of the worked soil I planted two storebought thyme to eventually secure the ledge from crumbling. A volunteer Sungold tomato is getting the same fence treatment and I'll get it trained up to the regular fence eventually. Theres corn and beans doing nothing, but the little Thai Red chili on the right is making lots of little 1/2" x 1/4" peppers.
The base off the ledge is a small compost pile, feeding it all I guess. Mostly garden cliippings and fruit that got bugged or wormed. I have a few peppers that are acting as nothing but trap plants.
The 5 strawberry starts from Baker Creek I have not messed with. I need to find them a home.
Volunteer gourds from an old compost pile.
And this is the status of several of my tomatoes. One or two that germinated before the heat wave then nothing. A few died off but the rest are now spreading out and flowering. I have been pulling the early ones as soon as they turn but this one is being a pain. I have a few tomatoes on the counter getting ripe every day though so I am happy.
Also drying and making the house smell pretty nice is about a pound of lemon balm. Also pictured is some pepperrmint and plain basil, all randoms from going to seed last year. There are several other plants all over. Nice weeds.
I learned that the paper wasps make their nests out of chewed up wood pulp. Makes sense. Birds nests are made up of lots of tree trash.
Thes wasps have reduced the size of this bird nest by about half in the last month.
This is a little random habitat thing that happened. This is the ledge at the edge of the worked soil I planted two storebought thyme to eventually secure the ledge from crumbling. A volunteer Sungold tomato is getting the same fence treatment and I'll get it trained up to the regular fence eventually. Theres corn and beans doing nothing, but the little Thai Red chili on the right is making lots of little 1/2" x 1/4" peppers.
The base off the ledge is a small compost pile, feeding it all I guess. Mostly garden cliippings and fruit that got bugged or wormed. I have a few peppers that are acting as nothing but trap plants.
The 5 strawberry starts from Baker Creek I have not messed with. I need to find them a home.
Volunteer gourds from an old compost pile.
And this is the status of several of my tomatoes. One or two that germinated before the heat wave then nothing. A few died off but the rest are now spreading out and flowering. I have been pulling the early ones as soon as they turn but this one is being a pain. I have a few tomatoes on the counter getting ripe every day though so I am happy.
Also drying and making the house smell pretty nice is about a pound of lemon balm. Also pictured is some pepperrmint and plain basil, all randoms from going to seed last year. There are several other plants all over. Nice weeds.
I learned that the paper wasps make their nests out of chewed up wood pulp. Makes sense. Birds nests are made up of lots of tree trash.
Thes wasps have reduced the size of this bird nest by about half in the last month.
Especially when they are nectar drunk. They sleep on these and in my morning glories. 