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My February Gardening Progress
The shortest month of the year has finally arrived. And with it, a lot of cold and wind. Thankfully, it has not gotten too cold in South Florida. The lowest it has been is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. A little lower and then it would have snowed. It would have been a fun novelty, but it would have killed my tomato crop, which is showing some actual progress. Speaking of progress, I wanted to show you how it is going. I made a short video about it and everything. I need to organize a little bit better my Youtube collections. I...
My Flowers Today are Looking Quite Nicely
I was thinking of what new stuff to post for today. I then decided to show you how the gardening thing is progressing. The flowers looked particularly nice today. The tomatoes and bell peppers were also doing just fine as well. So, then I figured I would show them to you. I am trying out a new type of filming strategy. Mother said I was a little too talkie. I am toning that down a little bit. I want to give you a moment to absorb the nature and the flowers that surround me. Sometimes it is important to be...
My First Red Bell pepper
Today I harvested my first red bell pepper. I made a commemorative photo of it. This time I waited for the fruit to ripen. Once it was nice and red, I harvested the bell pepper. I pondered a bit on how to use it. In the end, I used it to flavor the spaghetti. The trick is to put it close to the end of the meal. This allows the spaghetti to get the nice flavor of the bell pepper, and it allows for the pepper to retain its texture. Aside from helping with the flavor, the bell pepper can...
Meditation on Tomatoes
It has finally happened! The tomato vines finally have a decently visible tomatoes. If things continue well, I might become independent of buying Publix tomatoes. A well-cared for tomato plant always increases in value. I suppose most folks do not find tomatoes all that exiting. It is just my ordinary life as all. As far as things that can actually come to pass, I have plenty of reasonable goals. When I was wee small, I wanted normal type of things. Think of the most mundane goals, and there you have it. Being a writer was not even part of the...
My First Harvested Bell pepper
On Christmas Eve, I harvested my first bell pepper. It was not red, but it felt like a good a time as any. Bell peppers work well in any color. This was the biggest bell pepper from my entire garden. It had only three bumps, but it was still pretty nice. They say that the ones with 4 bumps are the nicest, but mine was real nice. It had a strong bell pepper taste. My mother cooked it with white rice. She then added black beans to the mix to make a great congri. I ate this congri as well....