Hot Stuff

The Thai hot peppers are getting red. It will soon be time to get these picked and dried. It's been raining here for several days. We haven't had violent storms just clouds and rain. Still it makes sense to me to wait for a sunny day to bring in something you want to dry.

I'm certainly not complaining about the rain. The new lettuce and spinach love this rain, and the perennials need it too. The bugs are another matter. I don't enjoy being part of the food chain anyway, but this time of year it's downright irritating. Insect demise is definitely one of the things that softens the blow when the frost comes. The basil will be gone , but so will those rotten black bugs and mosquitoes!