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I used to dream of being able to have vases of fresh flowers around my house all the time, but I couldn’t justify the cost to buy a new bouquet every time the old one died, and growing them myself felt so out of reach. But now here I am. Really happy with the bouquet I put together today.

Cosmos (rubenza & double click cranberry)

Zinnia (giant purple)

Snapdragon (rocket)

Larkspur

Carnation

Bachelors button (black magic)

Strawflower (silvery rose)

Rose of Sharon (foliage)

This has been my biggest harvest yet, and I’m thrilled about it, but it took me 4 hrs to harvest this morning.

The garden is 12x30 ft. I think 26 tomato plants, 26 pepper plants, 3 ~2x3 ft areas of bush beans (not sure how many bean plants are actually in those), 2 bamboo tripods totaling ~18 pole beans, a mystery number of sad remaining cucumber plants split between 2 trellises, as well as a few more veggies plants that didn’t have anything to harvest today (summer squash, Tromboncino, butternut, some gourds, and eggplants).

Is this a normal amount of time? If you’re able to get through large harvests quicker, can you share any tips?

I had an unopened seed pack—Ferry Morse Poblano—I think from 2023 that I planted this year. Peppers are light green, a little wrinkly, and appear to be thin-walled. 3 are growing downward and 1 plant with all growing straight up.

I forgot about peppergate and just kind of ignored the fact that they didn’t at all look like poblanos until they all stayed this way and started to turn red. Have not tried them. They kind of seem like shishitos but mostly seem wider than the ones from my definite shishito plants.