First Anaheim of the Season

So, what do you think?  Does it look good enough to eat?  I suspect I probably will.  It’s the first beauty from my only pepper plant this year.  When we first moved into this house I had a great little vegetable garden.  But, in the end, it kind of stressed me out.  Summers here in Dallas are horrible.  The weeding and watering and watching things be scorched to death just turned into a bummer. 

This year, a few years later, I decided to plant a few things and just see what happened.  I decided on container gardening.  Some are small enough to move.  But, one of my husband’s friends owns a nursery.  So, we have a few big pots that are about waist-high tall.  They are great for veggies because you don’t have to get down on your hands and knees to pull weeds and the dogs can’t reach that high.  (if you catch my drift)  This year I decided on a survival of the fittest rule.  If you can’t make it, then adios.

I have four tomato plants, a couple of zucchini, a bunch of onions and one pepper plant.  I had a broccoli.  Here’s what became of it…

Grody, huh?  Anyway, they ate the entire plant.  Don’t know where they came from or where they went.  Right now, the plant is just a big stalk that needs to be pulled up.  Not the fittest, I guess.

Back to the peppers…  I tried one and they’re really tasty.  Not too hot, either.  You should have seen the tiny slice I sampled.  I’ve put peppers in my mouth that gave me the hiccups for an hour.  So, I’m really hesitant to jump right in.  A good whiff.  No tears.  Then I’ll taste it.

Yum!  Now, what do I cook?