I don't know what I would do without gardens and plants in my life. Before I moved into this apartment, I looked at some of the most dismal places I have ever seen. They were just boxes for people to exist in. I know that will be my fate someday soon and I dread it. Even the years I was unable to garden, I always enjoyed seeing other gardens.
I know we are in a drought, but somehow it seems wrong to me to throw up our hands and let big corporations feed us.
I thought peppers did very well in containers. They like a bit of humidity, so they don't do as well with the amount of spacing given for tomatoes. I try to sandwich a row of them in between the rows of tomatoes and cherry tomatoes growing on a trellis to keep some moisture in. I was planning to put more peppers in planters next year. Deep planters for strong roots. The best containers I found for peppers in the past were those styrofoam coolers. I tried it out as an experiment and was surprised at how well they did. Those are often thrown away and easy to find to keep them from going to the landfills.
Yes. We need more rain desperately.
