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Liz’s Bee Rescue and Pepper Roastery

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Summer is in full swing and the plants are growing up fast!

New beginnings

Sown:

  • Trionfo violet beans
  • More bush provider beans
  • Swiss chard

Propagated:

  • Sungold tomato sucker. Put some in water for about a week until I saw root development then potted.
Purple pole beans
Swiss chard
A tomato sucker
Tomato sucker potted

Progress and projects

Fence friends
Greenstalk
Corner crew
Other corner crew

I made an aesthetic improvement to the hose that feeds into the top of my greenstalk. I didn’t like the green so I wrapped it in woven black cable organizer. I don’t know how it will hold up in the sun, but so far I like the new look.

Happenings

Lettuce is suffering from something
Big beautiful squash
Acorn squash about to get exciting…
Cucumbers escalating
My fifth sowing of beans
Letting some radishes go to seed so I can harvest them
Shady corner still crushing it
Hungarian wax peppers
Oh hail no! hail protection
Arugula explosion, end of arugula season until it cools off

Wildlife

Lots of birds and squirrels have stopped by for a drink. One poor bee found himself swimming in a bird bath. He was showing signs of life so I offered him a rescue mulch raft and put him somewhere to rest. He was gone the next day, hopefully off to pollinate more plants!

Harvest

I harvested my first mariachi peppers! The first taste of a raw one left me with the impression that they were sweet like bell peppers. I roasted a few on the grill, tasted one, and it was hot! Who knows.