I'm so sick of this blockchain I am leaving forever! Just kidding.
But, the weather is turning and it will be my last garden post of 2025.
I am making some new garden beds for next year.
I have saved some great pepper seeds. Haven't grown pepper in ages!
I also have saved some really great squash seeds .
Let's take a look at the new garden bed areas! Cue powerpoint slide.
I remember my friend years ago growing peppers in 5 gallon buckets.
He taught me that the little creases in the peppers are called striations.
They actually make the pepper hotter! [Don't quote me on that].
For some reason I haven't grown peppers in my garden yet.
Which is weird because I love peppers. Hot or mild.
We ended up frying the peppers with corn chips and cheese.
I especially wanted to make a garden bed in the corner by the fenceline.
The grass and weeds go crazy here and I call areas like this rattle snake spots.
This new garden bed will also house either squash or hot peppers.
I used to love snakes when I was a kid, but now they just seem annoying and dangerous.
If I can naturally prevent them from entering the garden that is a huge win. #winning
The end of the year, even after the frost, is the perfect time to do "heavy lifting".
For some reason, I have never actually done the #hivegarden challenges.
Maybe I'm just too much of a rebel: A black sheep if you will.
But, this time it peaked my interest because I get a ton of wind.
My garden is actually on the side of an old chicken coop.
At least the area that houses the #cannabis plants.
The old chicken coop really needs to be painted soon.
It's a disgusting off pink color that really needs to be painted over.
These blogs are good because they force me to actually finish my ideas.
Like harvesting these ornamental corn seeds that I should have done weeks ago.
Hopefully they will all be 100% viable. These strains of "Indian" corn are very beautiful.
Speaking of finishing my ideas ... pretty sure the weekly challenge of WIND is over.
But, that's okay I'll just post this anyways, it's too confusing otherwise. Then I will catch up.
One thing gardening has taught me is better late than never tee-hee-hee.
Like I said earlier, the theme of wind is personal to me. Sometimes it feels like the world is ending! The entire building shakes like a leaf ... I often think about the tornado from The Wizard of Oz or the wolf in the 3 little piggies and the hardships they endured from the scorching winds. Luckily, I live in modern buildings and these fears are mostly irrational, but the wind does blow extremely hard sometimes! And it does effect the plants, although usually not enough to destroy them. Wind is actually good for plants in moderation, or at least that is a wives tale I have heard often.