Hi Silvia, I am happy with my successes, but just look at all the empty ground where things have been planted and destroyed. I am trying again, though. I didn't know you could keep sweet potatoes in the ground year-round. Dont they develop diseases? My foliage is good now, but I don't know if it has really formed potatoes. I will find out in a couple of weeks. My tomatoes have done better this year than ever. I think it's because of the regular spraying with serenade and spinosad, and because I've planted the varieties I've had success with in the past. Yes, we are having caprese salads. I have more mozzerella in the fridge right now. I will have to look up the green lance broccoli, although I don't mind waiting for the broccoli as it yields for me for so long. I like the smaller heads that follow, and we eat most of the plant eventually. I am taking note of when the queen's wreath blooms this year, as Tom asked the question last year and I didn't know. Mine bloomed in February, April, and had a few inflorescences here and there not worth taking a picture of after that. I did prune it severely after it bloomed in April. It is big now, but I don't see any buds coming yet. Silvia, with all the advice you've given me, and all the ideas I've copied from you, I am so happy that I could ever give you an idea about anything! You made my day. Anna

Yah, they are actually "Cold Canned". It is simple, with no heat so the peppers stay crunchy, but they need to be kept in the fridge after canning. This is my third harvest this year so I have a fridge full and my family and friends have been lucky recipients as well. The ones you buy in the super market are hot canned the regular way but that makes them all mushy. These come out of the jar just like they go in. They are awesome on sandwiches.

Glad to be of help, Mary! Nothing like really black bananas to get good flavor~ Banana Cake 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten 3 really ripe bananas 2 cups flour 1 teas baking soda 1/2 teas baking powder 1/2 teas salt 1/2 teas vanilla 3 Tablesp milk, or orange juice dash of cinnamon. Beat oil, sugar, add eggs, banana, vanilla,stir in dry ingreds. Pour in greased loaf or cake pan..350 . Depending on size of pan..40 min or till golden. Sometimes I make crumbs with butter, sugar and cinnamon and put on top. Can be doubled. Enjoy!

Thanks Sey. It's my first year growing CP. Very impressed by its size, earliness, productivety, disease resistance, and taste. Its productivity is comparable to big beef. I grow 5 CP plants and have picked around 10 fruits/per CP plant since July: the smallest is one half pound and the largest one is in the picture. Notice that I put its taste last -- my "other" tomatoes all have great taste because I don't water and fertilize after the plants went into the holes. But CP has thin skin and soft meat and more watery than other types. I have been thinking, sey, that cutting back fertilizer and water may help you get early ripe fruits.