Check out the pepper on the top of this plant (in the picture below)…
Those are my kind of peppers. The ones that start going every which way and look like lil blobs of green. I guess it is like those cracked tomatoes, and how much better they are than those slick coated factory-made-looking ones. Or maybe it is just me. Is it?
Anyone have some off-the-wall favorites when it comes to their own veggies?
Come on… we know you do. Don’t be shy.
The first time we ever grew tomatoes, we were over there just flipping through pruning and such and rolled a leaf over to find that ALIEN of a creature – the Tomato Hornworm.
We found this one on Saturday, and still… even though I was looking for hornworms… it still scared the crap out of me. haha
Last year I would drop them in a little cup of soapy water, because I really didn’t understand anything but the fact that this lil green monster was chewing my tomato leaves down to nubs! But since learning about the problems with bees… and how crops are pollinated… and all the other stuff you learn when you dig a lil bit under the surface – we have learned that these guys turn into the Hawk Moth. We recently had a discussion on twitter/facebook about this and here is a link to even more info on the Hawk Moth/Tomato Hornworm.
Since we like the hawk moth, we decide to just take those green aliens to a nearby plant that is not on our property (haha) and let them free. We are considerate like that.
We have seen quite a few lately (we are in West Texas), so if you haven’t started looking – better get to it. And if you live near us… you better definitely be checking… just sayin’.
Also a few other lil critters have shown up – not sure what all of them are… but did snap a few pics.
Aunt Deb thought had a few ideas, but I dunno.. never seen this one before and I don’t think anyone has nailed it yet. Give it a shot?
… this next one, well we kinda caught these two… ahem… umm.. well… kinda… “in the moment”
Are you infested yet? Anyone have any pests they can’t get rid of or maybe a new tip to keep the squash bugs at bay? Share with the class, please.
I think we are about to be neck deep in bell peppers. We had some issues with our pepper plants at the beginning of this season, so we grabbed a few plants (at a cut-rate) at a local nursery. Well… those pepper plants have 2-3 (some have 4-5) bell peppers already set… and we are thinking…
WHY DID WE NEED THIS MANY BELL PEPPERS AGAIN?
We have an addiction… seriously. Oh well. Check these pics of our lil bell pepper butts (yeah… we call them that)…
How awesome is that? Very. We love bell peppers, we use them in fajitas, pepper steak… we are about to stuff some and see how that is…
What do you use bell peppers for?
If you have any tips, recipes or anything… please share. We are going to need to figure out how to use all of these. Of course we will lend some to our friends & family – but help us use our bell peppers!
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