Wednesday, July 14, 2010

first pepper and other updates

A sweet Italian pepper, the first one I've ever grown:


I ate an avocado, sprouted the seed in a jar with toothpicks and water and then transplanted the seedling into a pot. Seems to be doing well. I find the plant quite stunning:


Fixed up the backyard pots with flowers, two types of mint, oregano, basil, avocado, parsley, lavender, rosemary, epazote, purple sage and thyme. Everything besides the basil seems to be doing well.

This is not from the backyard, but I couldn't resist taking a picture of this flowering artichoke plant growing in a yard in the neighborhood. Artichokes are becoming really popular plants around here, but they take up a lot of space so I haven't planted one yet. Maybe next year.

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