Yesterday morning when I went to my garden in Lincoln, Massachusetts, I discovered the first light frost of the season. The dahlia leaves were black and the pepper leaves were droopy. I decided to pick the rest of the peppers. With hot dry weather this year I've had a great year for sweet red peppers. I'm not a big fan of green peppers, but they are unlikely to turn red before rotting so I'll blanch and freeze them and use them in stir frys over the winter. This last pepper harvest was 10.5 lbs.
Although the dahlia leaves were black, the flowers haven't turned to mush yet.A few miles to the east at my home in Belmont, Massachusetts we have not had a frost yet.
Note. This post sets a record for time between posts. Where was I? Nowhere, right here. I have been doing lots of work on the house and I did quit my job in May. I guess I just got out of the blogging habit.
YOU'RE BACK!!! I'm so glad. I was wondering, and hoping all was well. Funny, I blogged about peppers today. I think this long warm fall has all of us north of the deep south enjoying a good pepper harvest.
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Wow! I'm very impressed with those peppers!
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