Garden Times

As the autumn sun hangs lower in the sky as if predicting winter, my garden seems to glow with a last burst of energy before it packs it all up for the season. My ornamental hot peppers are especially beautiful this year. While I don't eat them, I get endless joy out of raising them from pups and setting them out in the world. What follows is a photo essay from my pepper gardens.

Trifetti Ornamental Hot Pepper

Sweet Banana

White Fence Garden w Brussels Sprouts and Spider Plant

Senorita Hot Pepper

Poinsettia Ornamental Hot Pepper: Voted "Best Pepper for 2008 in my garden"

Wild Morning Glory on White Fence

Largo Purple ornamental Hot Pepper: "Voted Coolest Hot Pepper in My Garden in 2008."

Lamppost Garden

Islander Sweet Bell-type Pepper: "Voted Best Sweet Pepper in My Garden 2008."

Habanero Hot Pepper: These are just now ripening to a deep golden yellow.

Fall Beans Protected from Deer and Groundrats(hogs). [They already hit this batch once and they erased my fall peas.]

Fall Lettuce, Mustard Greens, and Kale.

Explosive Ember Ornamental Hot Pepper: (Peaked a month ago)

Dusky Eggplant

Driveway Pepper Garden

Cubanelle Sweet Roasting Pepper

Candlelight Ornamental Hot Pepper

Butterfly Bush