I disagree with the comment that organic lawns are not as green. The two houses right across the street from me only fertilize with composted chicken manure (a product like Cockadoodle Doo), and their lawns are consistently green, greener than 90% of the people in the neighborhood who have regular chemical applications. The one guy is weed free, and the other is weed-filled, but both are really green. I can't quite tell why one guy is weed free and the other has a bunch of them despite using the same organic landscaper. I can't call myself 100% organic yet, as I cheated a bit this year, but I am already seeing some nice results from a few applications of organic fertilizers, compost, compost tea, and mulch mowing both leaves and grass. My one neighbor, who has a SWEET chemically treated lawn, is already going dormant, while my lawn is still going strong.

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I pulled my first ripe Bonda ma Jacques today. This is my first time growing them. If the first pod is any indication of the rest then I'd say it has a Habanero mouth burn but really nails the back of your throat. I was expecting more fruity taste than was present. I'll update if future pods impress me more. I also seeded a few Bulgarian Spicy pods today. Overall, not really a remarkable pepper. It has a milder than Cayenne heat and taste with loads of seeds. Actually as I was munching one I found myself spitting seeds ;-) Here are some updated shots of my Black Cuban / NuMex Twilingt cross. The flowers and pods have the colour charistics of the Cuban but plant and pod shape are classic Twilight. Interesting how the pods start out black and then take on an olive green colour before ripening red. Here are a couple of shots taken earlier this summer. I didn't have time (ok I wasn't fast enough) to wrap any plant I wanted to collect seed from in a mesh row cover. I ended up just wrapping branch ends where buds hadn't flowered yet. My main objective is to keep pollinators away. You can see from this close up of the mesh that it won't effectively block all blowing pollen but I'm comfortable that plant spacing and mesh eliminates 99% chance of crosses. Just for fun I tried the carpenters glue method of keeping pods true. Basically, the theory is gluing the bud before it flowers stops it from flowering and the bud self pollinates and as the pod develops it pushes the glue off. Well, I call this theory busted. I glued and tagged four buds and within a few days all had flowers ;-)) That's it for now. Sorry if I bored anyone ;-)

I have NEVER used gloves(latex or any other) while handling hot peppers. My hands might feel some heat sensation but not to the point to matter much. The ONLY problem is if I forget and touch my eyes with my hands before washing them with soap and water. But on the remedy side, I think alcohol makes sense to me. I have not tried but I think robing crushed Great Plantain might help. I use it to relieve the itch caused by insect bite(mosquitoes in particular). I also believe in yogurt.