We cut into the hillside behind our house and put in 7 - soon 8 raised beds. We’ve got the cooler-weather veggies in and they are coming up. I paid $1.78 for one lone red pepper yesterday! It’s being split between two different recipes.
I’ve got about 20 pepper plants started. I hope to have fresh peppers and later, a bunch in the freezer.
I looked longingly at a pepper in the grocery store today but forced myself to pass it by. They’re just too expensive. At the beginning of the season I refused to buy expensive transplants so tried to start some from seed. The first batch didn’t germinate but the second try was the trick. I transplanted them out into the garden the other day so hopefully they’ll take hold and not burn up with this August-like temperatures.