[JustaDumbBlonde]

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[Oshkalaboomboom]

A rack full of Ghost peppers, with a few Habaneros sprinkled in, ready for drying. That is a dehydrator rack but for now I am using the dashboard of my car to dry them out. Last time I checked it was 135 degrees inside and at that temperature it takes 1-2 days for the Ghosts and 2-3 days for the Habaneros. For now no Tabascos go out to dry. Any ripe ones I pick go directly into a jar that will end up as bottles of Tabasco sauce.

[tillacum]

You are one busy Bee, just like your girls.

[Ellendra]

We have rain!!! My strawberries are ripening again already, and blossoms are opening all over my zucchini and watermelon vines. Some of the radishes I’d planted back in March turned out to be very prolific pod radishes, even though they were marketed as the regular kind. The 3 plants that flowered before they could be eaten are now covered in so many pods it’s hard to see the leaves.

[ApplegateRanch]

Picked a Cherokee Purple before evacuating tonight. 8,000 acres burning a couple of miles from us, and sherrif advised us to leave tonight. Staying with friends in town who helped us get stuff out all day.

Also, lost another air tanker today, though not an actual crash: had engine troble after take off at Rapid City, and had to dump the load of retardant...all over the runways!

Flights had to divert to Wyoming, as the airport was closed while the cleaned up the runways. The tanker, AFAIK, was able to fly empty back to Denver for repairs.

Garden looks great, considering it has been baking under triple digits for several days.

Shower & bed; then do it again tomorrow, if they have our road open.

Pray for rain!