[Diana in Wisconsin]

So, make sure the seeds ARE fully mature before you yank them! They won’t ‘mature’ once the plant is dead.

[metmom]

OK. Probably what I’ll do is pull the most non-productive ones and leave the ones with the most seeds on them to dry completely.

OK.

Thanks. I didn’t want to harvest them too early and have the seeds not viable.

[FamiliarFace]

Has anyone here ever heard of or tried Bacon Jam? The orchard market had some for sale from a local supplier, called Midwest Fresh. It’s like a marmalade with bacon in it. It sounded interesting so I picked up a jar to try. It’s wonderful!!

So far I’ve tried it on a bacon cheeseburger (divine!) and last night I used it on Brussels sprouts that I had parboiled before cooking them (stovetop) in the bacon jam. What a great twist! I’m going to keep experimenting with this. I’m sure it would be delightful on cheese and crackers.

I’m sure you could make this on your own. There must be a recipe somewhere online. Anyway, an exciting new find for me!

[Qiviut]

When I checked my pepper plants last night they were half blown over so something had to be done & quickly (more bad storms on tap for tonight).

All my individual stakes are at the old garden. I have a ton of stakes, but can't seem to remember to get them on trips back to the old place. I did pick up some 4 ft. fence posts on the last trip.

I put 4 posts in the raised bed, in-line with the pepper plants. Twine was stretched tightly between the posts. The plants were zip tied to the twine;however, the loop would still move along the twine. To solve that issue, I zip tied the first loop tightly to the twine. If the plants get tall enough, I can run another higher row of twine.

I did find 2 pieces of rebar so the 2 plants in the ends of the bed that are not in-line with the twine are individually staked.