Peppers Galore

The last post moaned the small number of peppers coming in. That is over now. The cayenne and jalapeno peppers filled a plastic grocery bag. There are loads of cherry peppers too, but they have not been picked. We need a good recipe for pickling them. There are sadly no bell peppers, but there are quite a few small ones on the plants.

The tomatoes are finally producing in greater numbers and Sunday yielded enough lima beans to cook in a soup with okra and sweet corn and a few green tomatoes.

The squash plants are infested with stink bugs this year instead of the spotted cucumber beetles. Neem oil is supposed to provide a solution. It will be tried. The sulfur seems to be doing a good job on the powdery mildew. It hasn’t gone away, but it doesn’t seem to be spreading. One tomato and one pepper have displayed a little blossom end rot. It will have to get worse than that before it creates a worrisome situation.


David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com