Almost Done Planting the Vegetable Garden

It's been so hot this week, 95 degrees Monday and 91 Tuesday (33 Celsius). This is the point where I have to get plants in the ground, otherwise they'll perish from thirst while I'm at work. It's supposed to rain the next few days and then straight back to 90 degree weather. I managed to plant 18 sweet peppers which are sharing a bed with the eggplants, but there's still a whole bed of hot peppers or chillis left to plant.

I was going to get some pictures of tomato blossoms forming and planted peppers, but I missed my chance before the rain.

There was an incident where an animal dug around the pepper tray dispersing seeds left and right, but I think I can differentiate the different pepper varieties by growth habit and leaf morphology.

Sweet Pepper Varieties:

Jimmy Nardello

Carmagna Rosso

Corno Rosso

Hot Pepper Varieties:

Numex Joe E. Parker

Numex Big Jim

Anaheim

Serrano

Aji Lemon Drop

Fish

Santa Fe Grande

I found some blossoms developing on a few tomato plants, looks like a race between Black Cherry, Sun Gold, Jersey Giant, and Goldie. In prior years Paul Robeson is usually the first tomato to ripen. And in other news, I squished 7 flea beetles on the eggplants... So it begins.

Once the hot peppers are in, there's only winter squash, melons, wax melon, and okra that need to be seeded in the garden. And some basil and more Asian greens that'll need to be transplanted. Then it's just watering and weeding and watching things grow. Soon I'll just puttering about in the warm days of summer, instead of the frantic gasping springtime rush.