I had the pleasure of hearing Norman Smith from Mass Audubon talk about his work with snowy owls at the International Festival of Owls this year. One of the things he talked about was that anyone can do science, or help with science projects. You don’t need to be an expert, you just have to
It’s been two weeks since I set the pepper seeds to germinate, and a lot more of them have sprouted than I expected. The new setup of the seeds that haven’t sprouted seems to be working pretty well. From what I can see, I think there are 5 new sprouts today. It’s hard to
It was a busy day in Pepperland. There was one new sprout to plant. It came up yesterday but I didn’t have the time or energy to deal with it. So, today I had to figure out where I could put the little guy. He ended up in luxury accommodations. He has his very own
There’s one new sprout today, but I don’t have anywhere to put it. It’ll have to wait until tomorrow when I have the time and energy to figure out what to do. Some of the peppers are starting to get big! A couple are even starting to think about growing their next set of leaves.
There weren’t any new sprouts today, so I didn’t need to make new paper cups. I’m hoping they hold off until the weekend when I’ll have more time. The rest of the babies seem to be doing fine. There are a couple that aren’t securely rooted. After I took the picture I buried their roots
My cunning plan seems to have worked pretty well. I was able to take the pictures, slap on the overlays for the labels, and get these posted in record time! There were only four new spouts today. That’s actually a good thing because I only had room for four more. I’ll have to make some
Every day a few more seeds turn into baby plants. The 7-Pot and the Carolina Reaper are still taking their time. Editing and labelling all the pictures was getting a bit tedious, so I took some time to figure out a better process. I’ve created a transparent overlay that I should be able to paste
It’s the 8th day and there are significantly fewer seeds left to germinate than when I started. Only one of the lemon drop peppers hasn’t germinated yet. I’m pretty happy about that. The yellow 7-pot and Carolina reapers haven’t done much yet, but they may take a little longer. I’m hoping I get a few
It’s been 7 days, and I have 67 pepper seeds turning into plants. That’s a lot more than I expected, and I still have a ton of seeds still waiting to germinate. Scorpions and Chocolate Ghosts seem to be doing pretty well so far. The Fresnos and Mad Hatters are starting to take off. I had
8 more seeds germinated today. Three of them were new varieties, so now I’ve added the Gator Jigsaw, Yellow 7-Pot, and Ghost peppers. I think that just leaves the Carolina Reaper that hasn’t done anything yet. I have 5 each of the Scotch Bonnets and the peppers from the Chinese restaurant. I have 7 that
