Sunday night

[ksmith]

Gaby lost a tuft of hair on her right side. A dime-sized wound. I didn't see it happen, unfortunately. I assume it happened as she rough-housed with King.

It doesn't seem to bother her at all--she doesn't even lick it. I cleaned it and put some ointment on it. She's dozing now. I, otoh, am a tad upset. I have a headache, but I think it's just the usual Sunday night DON WANNA GO TO WORK TOMORROW. It's my sinuses, mostly. Change in the weather.

I picked close to 4 dozen Romas this morning. Combined them with a couple of Crims, and wound up with about three quarts of marinara. Still a few left on the vine to ripen, but those plants are cratering fast. The peppers, otoh, look downright perky. How can you tell when a pepper is ready to be picked?

Didn't spend any time on the deck today. Believe it or not, it was too hot.

Gaby is now sleeping on her right side. Ointment on the rug, yea. Need to dig out King's old steroid/antibiotic spray.

Comments

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

I forget which kind of pepper you have, but in general--when they're the size and color you expect in the adult. Bell types are edible both green and post-green. Ditto hot peppers but the heat increases with age. (And periodic drought.) Once yellow peppers have turned yellow, and red ones have turned red, they will soften and go off fairly quickly (compared to how slow they are to grow up big enough to eat.)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I have one bell pepper plant with two peppers that are 'getting there.' Lots of buds on the banana pepper, but I don't know if there's still time for peppers to grow.