7/18

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Bumble bees are now dying out. There is plenty where I live.

This is cilantro seeds. I always try to save seeds instead of paying 2 dollars for a small pack of seeds.

This sweet melon is growing really fast. I can't wait to eat it.

Here is my first collage I made from a picture I drew of a dove. I placed it in my other blog called, "Into the Future."

Harvest from yesterday: I woke up at 5 am and watered a few things before picking blackberries. I am also trying to harvest most of my potatoes before they begin to sprout. See my one and only ripe tomato? It is from my patio tomato plant.

1. A guy by the name of Ortega brought these plants from Mexico to California. What are they?

It is a long vine with no pumpkins. Where's the orange?

2. Name this common seed pod containing a spouting seed called?

These baby (Patio Tomato) rootings are beginning to grow up.    

Serrano Peppers look very green but will turn bright red as they age.

3. One of the "sacred" three sisters that the Indians (Iroquiois) taught the white man to eat. What are the other two?

I do like my patio tomato plant. It has more tomatoes than any of my other plants.

My celebrity tomato plants are not bug infested like my beefsteak tomato plants.

My purple tomatillo plant. I can't wait to make green salsa like Green Verde Taco Bell sauce.

1. Ans. They are green peppers called, "Anahiem Peppers. Anaheim's are very popular in Southwestern US Cuisine.Also called "New Mexican Chile". These were developed by Dr. Fabian Garcia in New Mexico about 100 yrs ago who was seeking a chile pepper that was bigger, fleshier, and milder. They got the name "Anaheim" when a farmer named Emilio Ortega brought these seeds to the Anaheim area in the early 1900's.

2. Ans. It is a radish seed pod.

3. Ans. The other two "Sacred" sisters are corn and beans.