OK, I know, this is one of those posts that will only be interesting to me and perhaps a couple other crazy vegetable garden enthusiasts. But…. I’m so proud of my pepper I can’t help but share. We’ve named it Felice (Italian for ‘happy’). Isn’t he handsome? 🙂
At 5 centimeters high, he’s by far the largest veggie we’ve got going on, but all the other plants are coming along nicely. The zucchini plants are humongous, spreading leaves well beyond the boundaries of their respective pots. I’m worried we’ll wake up one day and find out they’ve devised a plan to conquer the world. They’re sporting several buds, but nothing blooming yet.
The tomato plants are all flowering, and we have several clusters of strawberries in progress. Everything I planted from seeds has sprouted, so well that I’m going to have to reluctantly thin some of them out so everyone has room to grow big and strong and delicious. I can’t wait to start eating out of the garden! Although, truth be told, I’ve become so attached to Felice that the thought of eating him is starting to feel a little… wrong. What, does that make me crazy? See, this wouldn’t be happening if I was allowed to have a cat.
That looks so good! I can’t believe it grows so well in a pot. Makes me feel bad about all the open space I’m just staring at in my garden and not using.
You could get one of those Sphinx cats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_(cat)
A hairless cat wouldn’t trigger allergic reactions.
You could get one of those Sphinx cats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_(cat)
A hairless cat wouldn’t trigger allergic reactions.
NHS – I know, I can’t believe it either. This gardening thing is way easier than people make it out to be!
GL – Fur just seems like such an essential part of a cat… the hairless ones just don’t have the same effect on me. But then again, Felice is also hairless, and look at how much I love him!
Garden sounds great and doing well. Plants like lots of sun and hot days to grow. But then you can stay inside when it is too hot for you.
A balcony-grown, green pepper named Felice -wow, okay. Jul, really, you should visit a friend who has a cat, asap.
He is lovely at only 5 cm.
Leon – true, now I can at least be a little bit happy for hot, sunny days. Even though they’re not good for me, they’re good for my veggies!
Heza – I did just that yesterday! Perhaps regular visits are what I need…
Of course I love this. I’m a vegetable garden nerd to the core, and seeing your perfect little pepper, growing so mightily in his pot, is lovely – happy in fact 😉
Good luck with the rest of your brood, it sounds like you’re on your way to a big vegetable bounty.
“I’ve become so attached to Felice that the thought of eating him is starting to feel a little… wrong. What, does that make me crazy?”
Maybe, but in a good crazy kind of way 🙂
Finny – I am in love with the idea of Felice “growing mightily”. Excellent word choice.
Elaine – I am nothing if not the good kind of crazy. 🙂
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Don’t forget to pick some of those zucchini blossoms; stuffed with cheese, breaded, and deep-fried – YUM!
TBF – that’s exactly why we’re growing zucchini. I doubt many of them will live to be full-sized! Mmmmm flowers…
hey, they all look really great! Guten Appetit!
Thanks, Caratime! We’ve started with some harvesting… will have to post another update!
I am one of those crazy people who loved this post GROW FELIX GROW!
Thanks, Adele. I had no idea how many of us crazy garden types were out there. 🙂