the peppers move house!

[edenfalling]

These will be the last pictures of my peppers for eight days, since I am going away on vacation. I have moved them to the front porch of the house (as you can see from the fourth photo) and left a note for Downstairs Neighbor S asking her to keep an eye on them since they are now under a roof and won't get any delicious rainwater to drink. They got a good dousing this afternoon and evening prior to the move, though, so hopefully that won't be much of an issue.

I would have liked to bring a pepper with me to Minnesota as a gift for my parents, but alas, though the bell peppers have grown quite large, they are still far too firm to be picked, even if I wanted to pick them while they're still green and thus technically unripe. (Which I don't, really. I like how bell peppers get mellow when they turn red.)









I would like to clarify that none of the junk in the fourth picture is mine, though that is "my" side of the porch. I am not quite sure where it all came from, but Downstairs Neighbor S says it belongs to my new Upstairs Diagonal Neighbors (the ones who replaced the couple who replaced K & N; there's been fairly rapid turnover this past year) and she's trying to get them to move most of it up to their balcony so she can put some patio furniture out instead. My reaction is that as long as there's room for the house's collective recycling bins (which I keep on my side), I can get to my mailbox, and crap isn't actively pushing in through my front room window, I don't much care... but patio furniture will look a lot more intentional than two bikes, several stacks of who knows what, a folding chair, and a random skateboard.

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And now to bed!

Comments

[heliopausa]

The peppers look glorious! and yes, a little short of their full splendour, maybe, (though I eat them green as well as red). The little jalapenos are looking beautifully promising, as well.

(Though I have been following this story with keen interest, when I saw the title just now, I thought this was going to be about Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, a book which I have never seen, but which my mother grew up with and talked about. :D )

[edenfalling]

Green peppers are indeed delicious. I just think they're even MORE delicious once they ripen all the way -- there's a slight bitter/sharp undertaste to green pepper that mellows out as they change color. :-)

I have never read that book either, but I have also seen it mentioned in various places. I think it was a childhood classic that has faded into obscurity over time.

[branchandroot]

Clearly, you will have peppers to come back to! Those look like they're doing marvellously well.

[edenfalling]

Well, I may come back to discover that my neighbors have picked the peppers lest they go bad on the vine -- which I have given them permission to do -- but I will still count that a successful ending to the endeavor. Because I grew actual food!

I really must try this again next year. Perhaps I can branch out to include some beans, or peas, or maybe an onion...