What a beautiful colour.... like old fashioned icing sugar flowers on wedding cakes or the special candies that I remember from Christmas ... .. ... there were usually only about 3 out of 20 that were this special colour and so smooth and creamy .... melt-in-your mouth sugary... but somehow, not overly sweet, although it hardly seems possible. That's how I remember them anyway....
It must have been the appointed day to pick up plants, flowers and potting soil or something. Everybody and their dogs and kids were out doing the same..... it was bedlam. Oh, how I hate Saturday shopping! I hate shopping most days... but Saturdays....... ohhhhh... the absolute worst. However, today somebody was home... and he was on a mission to get pots and stuff for his "babies"... so I went along ... and got some flowers to fill my big pots and some to add to the garden for colour in amongst the perennials. I'll go back for more after I plant some...and also when it is an early morning week day..... and quiet.
I saw a perfect little burbling water fountain thingy too... must go back and look at it again...I think I might have to have it..
All of a sudden we have....a patio garden!
A friend gave us several cartons of tiny pepper plants he grew from seeds..and some almost spindly tomato plants.
Mr. BV seems to feel obliged to plant and rear them all... even if it means we will have a truckload of peppers... what am I saying?...probably several truckloads.. and about the same amount of tomatoes... providing they all survive. I still have several I will try to pawn off on neighbours.
Summer is now upon us... even if it was 0 C the other day. It was a lovely warm day and is still +14C out there ...it is now 11:00 p.m. This week is supposed to be all +20 something days and nights of + 8 C or so.... I think we may be out of the frost warning days. I hope. Our growing season is not that long and these "babies" will need all the sun and warmth they can absorb. The patio will definitely give them that...it is south facing..... and gets plenty of sun.... to the point of stinking hot most days. I must remember to water the babies.....
We got 'em planted in some fun terra cotta pots... put two little pepper plants in each of four pots...and had plenty left over... so put some in the garden here and there and I put a tiny one in each of the big flower pots in the backyard too. If nothing else they will add to the greenery and look nice... they have cute little leaves.
oh,...and look...one already has the tiniest little peppers on it!
When full grown, these are some pretty hot little red peppers. I still have some from the ones Stanley grew in pots last year. I left them in a little glass bowl and used some while they were fresh. But, then...they got dried out and then... perfectly mummified. Now, I toss one in soups or sauces every so often ... ...and whew.... beads of sweat on my lip.... mmmmmm ... spicy!
I hope we have as much luck as Stanley with our little patio pot garden....