Condo living garden!

Well, living in a condo is a far cry from those days when I had myself a few raised beds in the back yard! However, it ain't all that bad as people I know who do have large garden are more than willing to give some produce to an old poor sot such as myself!

With such small growing quarters, I decided to focus on producing just a few varieties of peppers this year; a standard bell pepper, a few cayenne and a Bananarama style pepper grown from seed from a plant the year before! All them guys seem to really enjoy a balcony with western exposure!

Update: It's the end of July and my small pots of long red cayenne are bearing great looking peppers! What I love about peppers like Bananarama and Cayenne is that the seeds breed true from year to year!

Broken pepper plant rises up from the ashes!

Have you ever bought a plant at a nursery and then on the trip home, the little pot fell over in the back seat breaking the young plants main stem?

That happened to one of my bell pepper plants a couple of week ago and my first instinct was to toss it into the trash. But, for some reason, I didn't and instead keep watering it as though nothing was wrong.

Amazingly,that hard little rascal came back and now has some good top growth! It was almost like it was when I first purchased it! So, I'm thinking there's a moral in there someplace..... I'll track this little guy over the summer and report, from time to time, on how it fairs.

Update: July 1, 2016 - Wow! A full grown pepper plant!