Bonsai Pepper

Last year, Eric planted some jalapeno peppers and made delicious pickled peppers, carrots and onions. We left the pepper plants in the pot after they stopped producing. Then, the frost (yes, we actually had a frost here in Santa Barbara) came and ruined the plants. But this spring, out of the lower part of the stem, grew some tiny leaves. And, they stayed tiny. And then, two beautiful tiny peppers appeared. And, so far, they are still tiny! I think we unintentionally bonsai-ed our pepper plant! Take a look.

I can barely Contain(er) myself!

After an inspiring conversation with my lovely Santa Barbara girlfriends, I declared to Eric that I wanted to make a garden. Two years ago we tried, in vain, to plant herbs - a hungry bunny (or other creature) had a delicious salad dinner one night and left us with one inch stems. Last year, we had a bountiful crop of jalapeno peppers, but the frost got them (see Bonsai Pepper entry). This year, I decided to try my hand at a more extensive container garden. This morning we went our local nursery and picked up some starters (we'll try seeds next year) - Roma and cherry tomatoes, jalapeno and anaheim chiles (or chillis or chilis depending on where you're from), basil and parsley. Here are some shots:


You'll have to tilt your head - I'm not uploading this again :-)

In the far right picture, from left to right- jalapeno chile, cherry tomato, Roma tomato, basil, dwarf lime tree and behind that are more jalapenos and tomatos. I still have to plant the parsley.