The Sweet Banana Pepper That Wasn't


on Tuesday, July, 12 2011 @ 07:54:49 pm (196 words)
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When I brought the pepper plants for the veggie garden I included some sweet banana peppers; there is also a hot variety. I always grow sweet banana peppers each year and they are one of my favourite sweet pepper. However, the resulting peppers are not… more »

Grasshopper Houses


on Friday, July, 01 2011 @ 11:31:22 pm (260 words)
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When I went to collect the post from the postbox, I noticed the house across the street front garden was covered in grasshopper weeds. I have no idea the correct name for these plants. When I was a child, we called them grasshopper weeds… more »