There was a mini cold snap in the evenings a few days ago that effectively ended production of warm season crops. I had only a handful of plants still in the ground at the garden site. A late Saturday or early Sunday temperature in the mid-30s wilted most of the peppers, tomato and potato plants. There was not much production on those plants anyway. I haven't had a ripe tomato in a week.
Two pepper plants still are going strong. They are called Garden Salsa. I have grown them the past three years from starts I buy at a roadside plant stand. They are a long, moderately thin, medium heat pepper. I can eat them fresh without too much bodily harm. I harvested a few red ones earlier this season, and now am waiting for a fairly decent crop of green ones.
The cold weather is over. It is sprinkling now and is supposed to rain for the next few days, which will warm up evening temperatures. It has been more than two months since there has been anything but a trace of rain. A mini drought. The mornings have been cool, but without much dew. So the moisture is welcome ... for now.
I delivered my last load of produce to the food bank yesterday. I am 15 pound shy of a quarter-ton. I have an apple tree in the backyard with more apples than I can eat, so I likely will deliver a bag of those to the food bank. It might be just enough to pass the 500-pound threshold.
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