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Pickled eggs. There’s something inherently gross-sounding about them but a recent post by @practicalselfreliance (one of many that I’ve learned a thing or two from) convinced me to give it a try.
And before your doe eyes, behold, not one, but two varieties of cayenne I’m trying to stabilize.
Upon my sister’s recommendation, a selfie to compair my unusually large head with this Russian Mammoth sunflower that self-seeded after last year’s blue jay ravaging.
#vermicompost, aka, worm compost, before and after example. It’s waaaay faster than regular ol’ composting and you’re left with 100% worm castings, or worm poop, for your plants to feast on. I’ve made some mistakes since a friend gave me a culture to work with, but after months and months of neglect, I’ve got about 8 gallons of the highest quality, natural fertilizer in the world ✊🏼
Basics. Seed saving is one of the little pleasures I enjoy every year. If you buy heirloom or open pollinated seeds, you’ll likely get precisely what you originally paid for the following year if you’ve saved seeds from their respective fruits, flowers, pods, etc. Hybrid varieties might grow larger, more resistant to disease or pests, or tolerant inclement weather but the second generation will be unpredictably different.
Cayenne, mutants, tomatillos. It’s getting colder so I thought I’d pluck a bunch of mostly ripened cayenne peppers and allow the plants to focus on the hundreds that are still green 😬 I’ll assess them for market in a few days and dry the withering population for future chili flakes. The second pic, from top to bottom, is cayenne that has clearly cross pollinated with a gorilla of the plant kingdom (I’ll be saving this seed, depending on the taste); I have no idea what the second pepper is or from which parents it’s produced, but I’m guessing a bell is half the chromosomal pairing; next, ripened black cayenne. It’s not as red or big as I’d like so I’ll likely not save the seed. There are quite a few other prospective fruits whose phenotypes I want all up on this fledgling variety. Hopefully they’ll ripen in time. Lastly, a quick haul of two of maybe 100 unplanned tomatillo renegade plants. Not bad for what’s technically a weed 🙌🏼 #harvestapalooza
