#10 Mr. McGregor’s Garden Book
Our Christmas cactus is loving the shade in this South Alabama heat. It is so hot that on Monday our weather gauge read a heat index of 120 degrees!
By the mailbox our marigolds are actually thriving despite the heat.
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Our red bell pepper plant finally has some red bell peppers on them. We weren’t duped after all!
The same for our yellow bell pepper plant.
Here is our bed of Whippersnapper Peas and Bell Peppers. As you can see the bed has been filled grass. This is because the pea plants and the pepper plants (which are in the middle) have covered the bed from the eye.
Another issue is that we did not stabilize the pepper plants as needed, and because of that they have fallen over and knocked down many of our pea plants. That is what caused the gaps in the bed, as you see above.
If we were to do it again, we wouldn’t have placed them in the same bed and the pepper plants would need to be on the outside edge so that they would be more secure. You live and you learn.
Update
I am moving to Texas and do not know when I will be able to garden again. I wrote my thoughts on this in The Front Porch, a section of the Traditions for the Future newsletter. See below:
Place
As I embark on my odyssey to Texas, my home takes center stage in the forefront of my mind. This small sliver of God’s creation has buried its roots deep into my heart, and its essence echoes in my being. My mother’s family has been in this county in Alabama for six generations. Much of me is in …
And of course the Mrs. needed some fresh mint before left.
Till Next Time!
