Garden Pic Wednesday: Winter Crops
The squirrels litter my back yard below pine trees with cobbed pine cones they've burred down to the core, so I was walking around today picking those up. These cone cobs are often slightly curved with a few pine cone petals left on the very end, so they look a little like brown shrimp tails laying everywhere. Lots of pine cones the squirrels missed cobbing as well! I also cleaned up a few broken Pampas Grass fronds and pulled up the dead Zinnia's from the back bed. Today's Garden Pics are some of my veggie garden plantings for winter: First, my not-so-new 2-year old Bell Pepper: More of a Pepper "Tree" now. It persists in making peppers and I've let it. Not terribly big peppers, but very thick-walled, which is something you want in peppers. There's one on there now that will be in dinner tonight! This bed area faces South and gets full sun all year round--which is why this Pepper has thrived so long. Next: 3 Brand New Bell Peppers: ...