Milk Jug Pepper Growing

Since we moved into a duplex without the back yard, I've been forced to experiment and try getting more creative with my garden.

A lot has failed so far. We had things looking so good, then suddenly die off. And then whenever I try to fix something and make it better, like repotting into bigger containers or moving them to a better spot.. then they turn bad.

Maybe my thumbs have turned black.

But this milk jug peppers project is going surprisingly well. First the jugs were just supposed to be a temp thing, until I could get more dirt/bigger containers for them. Originally hubby had brought home like 40 sproutlings of assorted peppers, as they got bigger I gave some of them to my parents for their garden.

The really fun part is that he doesn't have them labelled at all. So I didn't know which may be bell peppers or hot ones, etc. Just had to guess and hope.

The tomatoes and peppers were at least easier to recognize than the cucumbers, squash, and melons though. I tried to send melons to my mother, but she wound up with happy squash crops instead.

Then I had tried planting some in other things like kiddie pools, only to find that the side of the house I had them on would drain and flood out my plants. Grrr.

I kept trying to fight it, then one day went out to find a couple uprooted laying down, with a path of rock pebbles where they had been, so I moved them in some of the jugs as a desperate measure to save them.

They recovered and gave me jalapenos or spicy bananas. YAY! Even though the plants didn't grow as tall as the others, it still works.

So I'm baaaack...finally! Took awhile to get my hubby to build a new comp for me, and get my stuff all set up. I've missed steem a lot, came back and read some but haven't been able to log in for so long.

The other day I was actually wishing I could share and talk about my new fave dish to make, and now I realize it needed to be done here. So I plan on making that post next time.