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Month: October 2022

And the winner is…

And the winner is…

Stihl GTA 26 – After the winter storm, we had a lot of winter damage to trim, a lot of dead branches on otherwise healthy bushes and trees. I have always used a large ratcheting pruner for small branches, but dead branches do not cut easily with pruners….and the hard work was taking a toll. Enter the Stihl GTA 26. It is a very small chainsaw, that will cut a 3 inch diameter branch like butter. Game changer. I do not work for Stihl, but if you do a lot of gardening, you need this tool. Ours came with two batteries, another must.

Time to pull peppers

Time to pull peppers

This part is hard. Pepper plants are perfectly healthy in October. They have rebounded since we have gotten some decent rain. Rain barrels are full, so they have even gotten some supplemental water. But it is time to pull them now at the end of October. We normally have our first freeze in November and any new fruit will not have time to grow up before then. Here is a pic or our last two harvests: jalapeno and chili pequin. Can you see the man with a beard in the photo on the right?

Note: These peppers are super hot, due to the drought and high temperatures.