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Cancel my September plans:  The harvest's done gone-up and ... uh went.

I was planning on harvesting my jalapeños in September, chopping them up, cooking them down, blending them into goo with a little salt and adding vinegar until the goo was a bit runny, then bottling the stuff and shipping to friends and loved ones.

Not anymore.

I went out to water the jaleps and noticed they were gone.  Of the dozens and dozens of green and red beauties, only a few remained.  I had to look several times, as the sight was unbelievable.  "Am I seeing things," I asked, "do I smell almonds?"  No, I wasn't hallucinating or having a stroke, my jalapeños were gone.

I phoned my landlord and told him the story and said that the only ones who have access to the back are the gardeners.  He said he'd call them.  He called.  Then he called me back.  "They said they didn't take them."  Typical.

So I guess the hummingbirds took them.  I know it's a "matter of weight ratios," but if the gardeners didn't take them, I don't know who could have.

Tonight - Homestead.


bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!