RIP zucchini plant
It seems that my zucchini plant is a goner. Suddenly it just kind of shriveled up. At first I thought it might just need some water, but some water did not help.
It was miraculous that the plant lived at all because the stem, very close to the ground, was always a bit broken. It had been hanging on by a thread its entire life. In the end I got one gargantuan zucchini, one perfect zucchini, and today, I harvested a questionable zucchini from the nearly-dead squash plant.
Next year: more squash plants.
Today's harvest yielded quite a few tomatoes, a whopper eggplant, two ichiban eggplants, and some banana peppers:
In addition there are four questionable tomatoes, a bowl full of not-store-worthy kale and collards (for the iguanas and tortoises), and I also have a pocketful of super chili peppers.
I have no idea what to do with all these peppers. Some good news: there are some jalapenos growing now, and I do know what to do with those. I hope I get some bell peppers someday. Snap, this reminds me: there are some ripe habanero peppers that I forgot to pick ... and I don't know what to do with those, either.
Next year: fewer pepper plants.
What do you do with hot peppers? I think it's time for me to look for hot salsa and chili recipes.
It was miraculous that the plant lived at all because the stem, very close to the ground, was always a bit broken. It had been hanging on by a thread its entire life. In the end I got one gargantuan zucchini, one perfect zucchini, and today, I harvested a questionable zucchini from the nearly-dead squash plant.
Next year: more squash plants.
Today's harvest yielded quite a few tomatoes, a whopper eggplant, two ichiban eggplants, and some banana peppers:
In addition there are four questionable tomatoes, a bowl full of not-store-worthy kale and collards (for the iguanas and tortoises), and I also have a pocketful of super chili peppers.
I have no idea what to do with all these peppers. Some good news: there are some jalapenos growing now, and I do know what to do with those. I hope I get some bell peppers someday. Snap, this reminds me: there are some ripe habanero peppers that I forgot to pick ... and I don't know what to do with those, either.
Next year: fewer pepper plants.
What do you do with hot peppers? I think it's time for me to look for hot salsa and chili recipes.
Labels: vegetable garden
posted by Jen S. at
6:44 PM
2 Comments:
I let some of my hot peppers dry up and use them for cooking. But it's amazing what just one pepper plant yields!
You've got an admirable green thumb, Jen. Nice work.
Gardening well is so satisfying.
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joeyTWOwheels, At
August 24, 2008 10:13 AM
joeytwowheels: Thank you! I've just been lucky, considering my from-the-start sloppy methods. I think drying the peppers is a great idea. Next year I could just grow one pepper plant (this year I have two) and that would be enough for using its yield all year long. Some fresh, some I can freeze, and others I can dry. Voila.
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Jen S., At
August 24, 2008 10:17 AM
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