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Thanks for the help and stuff...

At 08:52 AM 8/30/98 -0400, Pat wrote:
>My Anaheims have always turned red. 
>I grew them last year and the year before but not this year. The only hot
>peppers I have just now are red cherry, Hungarian Wax, and Cayenne.

Hi,

I just wanted to thank everybody who helped with my question about the
peppers turning red. I guess I'll leave some on the plants and see what
happens; many more have been giving their lives that we may create a better
chile relano. I did manage to find the seed packet (being a packrat DOES pay
off!) and it did say they will turn red. I'm also growing Firenza jalapenos
for hot peppers 'cuz the Anaheims are really pretty mellow. For sweet
peppers I've got Figaro Italian peppers and Vidi French Sweet peppers. All
are going good so apparently the climate in Utah agrees with them.

My one lone melon plant (Israeli muskmelon--Cucumis melo)has produced a
single melon fruit that I figure I might as well grow and see how it turns
out despite insufficent pollination. I'll let y'all know. 

Also my black beans and red beans have started to dry and are getting
picked. If anyone wants some heirloom red beans that are descendants of the
very same beans grown by the Anasazi Indians of the Four Corners region here
in the US post me privately and I'll send some off. Actually the Vidi
peppers are also labelled heirloom. If anyone wants to swap some of their
pepper seeds (preferably the hot varieties) for the Vidis let me know off list. 

Chris, hang in there with the garden. If it makes you feel any better my
brocolli and cauliflower looked great when they came up this Spring. However
they tasted like cajun spiced Ivory soap (planted too late I think). No
amount of stir frying or hoisin sauce made those suckers palatable. Never
saw my eggplants come up and accidentally pulled up my first bean plants
thinking they were weeds. Only the strong survive in my garden. Soemtimes
not even then if I get to them first. Hey, it's just learning experience. I
just enjoy my victories (literally, I enjoy them as I eat them) and try to
learn from my vast number of mistakes. 

Sorry for rambling but I finally got a free minute to sit down at the PC.
Thanks for the bandwidth.

Mike
USDA Zone 6
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