daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
A few months ago I brought some plumeria clippings back from my parents’ yard in California. They’ve really started taking off now! 🌱 Soon I’ll need to move them into bigger containers, but I don’t want to go too big since they’ll have to come indoors for winter. So now I’m stuck wondering, what’s the smallest pot size I can get away with? Hmm, something to figure out.
This summer’s pepper plants are thriving! A friend recommended watering plenty and fertilizing often, and it’s really paid off. I’ve never harvested so many peppers from our Scotch Bonnet plant before, and the others are doing amazing too. I’ve been enjoying them every day, little by little. They’re super hot, but I love it. Yay! 🔥
Three new pepper plants joined our backyard Scotch Bonnet this week. 🌶️ I’ve been getting some good advice from another Texas pepper grower, so I’m feeling pretty good about our chances for a nice harvest this year. Fingers crossed for a mild summer, but if the heat shows up like it usually does, I’ll just stay on top of the watering and fertilizing.
Our sakura tree is blooming here in Texas. 🌸 It gets a little nicer every year, and I think it’s about 15 years old now. Mariko and I have this small dream of having a proper hanami under it someday. Not sure if that’ll ever actually happen, but we do enjoy looking at those pink blossoms from the window every spring.
Our monstera plant has gotten really leggy and started creeping into the entryway, so I decided to do a chop and prop. That means taking a cutting and propagating it. Right now I have two cuttings sitting in jars, and they are already starting to grow roots. I can’t wait to get them into proper planters!
I was at the supermarket this morning and I saw they had a big sale on their herbs and peppers. Only $1.50 USD each! I bought a Thai chile pepper plant and a Shishito pepper plant. I hope they produce many peppers!
In addition to those two, I have a Jalapeño plant, a Scotch Bonnet plant, and Ghost pepper plant. Grow, babies, grow!
Lastly, I have a mystery pepper plant, which has had one pepper developing for a couple of months now.
This year, our pepper harvest is abundant! The early start seems to have paid off. Over the next few weeks, we’ll enjoy jalapeños, scotch bonnets, ghost peppers, Brazilian starfish peppers, and what appears to be banana peppers (although I’m not entirely certain). ️️️
