It's Been a While...
Since I could…
…hold my hop up high.
SORRY NOT SORRY.
Haven’t been updating as often. With all the other projects and general depression taking over there isn’t much time or energy left for freaking out about my plants. And let’s be honest, the second it goes above 75 degrees, I hide in my cave and wait out the sun until a more habitable temperature arrives. With that said, here are some much-needed updates!
Firstly, our peppers are out of control. Turns out, plants native to the equator really like hot weather. Who’da thunk? Pictured are just a few of what we’ve seen so far, which is roughly a tenth the total overall.
Who could go five seconds without talking about the hops? Not me. It grows at a shocking rate now, much more-so than what you see with English Ivy or Blackberry (highly invasive and fast-growing species in the area). What was last week just barely reaching out toward the trellis with one tendril is now attached with several tendrils, and spiralling fully to the top of the structure. The exciting part? IT’S HOPPIN’ TIME. Noticed these lil bbs this morning.
Next up, we have the other fruits I’ve been heavily anticipating.
The pumpkins have been flowering since the day we planted them, but I didn’t see a single flower that looked like it may be female (ie fruit-producing). I thought maybe I was mistaken, or that we needed a “breeding pair” as it were, but I’ve recently noticed some hella bulbous “stems” sprouting up, and those are absolutely the bby pumpkins I’ve been waiting for. HOW CUTE.
And since I don’t give them much blog-love, I need to mention my Clippings Collection™️ -
I had failed to notice that this lil succulent was trying extremely hard to peace out of the ceramic cup he was in. I had a lil scream because surprise roots are gross. But then I got proud, and repotted it. True story.
