I will have to try again next year with them. I am getting a decent harvest of Datil, red savina and habeneros in my small garden this year.
Got about 7 lbs of tomatoes this morning (well be canning them this weekend) a nice poblano and 2 cayenne … i dry the cayenne out and make powder for cooking … love that sweet heat
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Anyone know what happened to this caterpillar? I know it’s dead which is nice
Edit: discovered they are parasitic wasp larvae that busted out of the inside of this thing.
It’s a hornworn and yes this are parasitic wasp larvae … i get them in my tomato plants every year … get them off early or they’ll destroy your stuff
Are you northern dwellers close to puttimg in fall/winter gardens yet?
Seems like its been unseasonably warm, but fall will probably just appear one day…
Enjoy looking at the variety as you experiment with the less common plants.
Miss Chris in here, I will say.
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I have turnips, beets, spinach, and kale for the fall at the moment … will be putting my garlic in ground end of October a per usual
Had a great garlic year … lots of big bulbs for seed and for cooking … should be good for a while
Spring here in Oz, so managed to get a heap of seeds into punnets with the help of junior. Have them in a foam box with heater to encourage early germination. Tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, beans, strawberries, and a few others.
Will supplement with some purchased seedlings too.
Other strawberries, spinach, asparagus, leeks, lettuce, rocket going strong over the winter.
Fruit trees flowering nicely too. Bring on some warmer weather.
My Datil pepper bush still going strong. Started this as a seed in the spring and it has been producing peppers for almost 4 months now with a bunch of peppers still forming today. Also survived hurricane Ian.
Forgive the droopy leaves I just watered it as it’s still in the 80s here in FL.
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Harvested out that Datil plant ahead of Nicole (she is supposed to hit smack dab where I live). Got 55 more peppers in various stages. Also got 31 more habeneros and 11 red savina peppers from the same small bed.
Will replant post storm but don’t know with what yet. I am thinking either some barley (experiment in my area) or kale or Asian greens.
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Its pretty amazing seeing what happens when there isn’t a seasonal cycle.
Could you just cut it back a bit so that it may be more storm tolerant, or are there other indications to pull it, like lower yields or something?
I was having lower yields and started seeing some powdery mildew on the plant. I thought about trying to save some cuttings from it, but I didn’t want to risk spreading the mildew all over.
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First of the cool season blooms:
Empress of India nasturtium. These are edible but kind of bitter so I use the leaves sparingly. Flowers can give good color though.
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One of the main benefits of Florida:
Growing Florida Broadleaf Mustard, Sage, Flowering Brassicas, calendula, nasturtium…
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That’s awesome! Meanwhile, I’m over here seeing how many inches of ice I can grow on my driveway. Sitting at around 3" right now - but I have until March before the season is over. 
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We are supposed to get a light freeze on Christmas (low of 29) on Christmas while I am out of town. Hoping all I have is hardy enough for that.
I just put some seedlings in my other beds though to put get them in the ground before i left.
I’d suggest maybe covering the above ground stuff if you can’t move it inside, otherwise you might lose some leaves! Let us know how everything holds up!
My seedlings didn’t survive my Christmas vacation. Established plants were okay but needed a good drink today.
Calendula bloomed though.
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Going into spring I think I am going to focus on peppers this year. Had the best luck with hot peppers.
Just ordered these to get it started:
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