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I said I was going to inflict more pepper photosets upon the internet, and hey, here I am making good on that promise! (Threat? Whatever.)

empty pots

filled pots

Photo one is a bunch of empty pots and some bags of potting soil all set up and ready for use on March 11th. Then I ran out of oomph and only got around to actually putting the dirt in the pots and the seeds in the dirt this afternoon, March 15. Oh well, so it goes.

Mom's pepper

You may remember the slightly ragged plant in the large red plastic pot from last year's growing season. That is a bell pepper my mom bought as a seedling and lugged up from New Jersey as a gift. It was mauled and eaten by squirrels, TWICE, both times right as it was starting to bloom; while it made a valiant effort to bloom a third time, it was too late in the year and the poor plant was too exhausted for that to be successful. I kept it alive indoors through the winter (even though peppers are annuals rather than perennials) mostly just to see if I could. I have no idea if it will do anything interesting now that spring is on its way, but I figure that it can't hurt to see what happens.

Then we have three photos of a badly painted flowerpot.

flowerpot, full moon visible

flowerpot, tree visible

flowerpot, moon and tree both visible

I don't remember when I painted it, though I suspect it was somewhere between age 11 and 16. I also think it was some kind of church project, but I really wouldn't swear to that. In any case, it is notionally a picture of a clear, starry summer night with a full moon and a single lonely tree. The tree was never terribly visible -- it fades right into the surrounding dark colors -- and is now scuffed and even harder to see. The dark stuff near the base of the pot is the ground.

The pepper seed packet says it should take 10-21 days for any plants to sprout, assuming good lighting and 75-80 F temperatures. I only heat my apartment to between 65-70 F, depending on time of day and whether I'm actually home or not, so I don't expect any visible changes for at least two weeks.

Further reports will follow when there is anything to photograph. :-)
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