Grass Snake's 2016 grow

This year I'm growing some more common stuff that I can use in my cooking.
The fence is to keep my dog and other critters at bay. The bed was filled with a high-quality mix made with native soils. The brick I had lying around from when I reduced the size of my flower bed in front of my house.

Current grow list:
Beefsteak tomato
Roma tomato
Jalapeño pepper
Shishito pepper
Green bell pepper
Texas sweet onions
Cilantro

I wanna add a Cayenne type pepper, garlic and some Culantro real soon.

 

[Ozzy2001]

My bhuts are finally givin up some as well. Suckers take forever.

I like to overwinter the slower producers.

 

[SavinaRed]

the green bhut looks sic and nasty .

 

[Grass Snake]

the green bhut looks sic and nasty .

Not the hottest pepper but maybe the most unfortable pepper I've eaten. The burn was in my esophagus and stomach. The flavor was off too, it didn't have that fruitiness I've tasted in other bhuts. Just unpleasant...

 

[Ozzy2001]

Hmm that's weird. I usually love Bhuts too. I honestly haven't had one I didn't like yet. That Peach Bhut SS I grew this year was really good.

 

[Grass Snake]

Went ahead and made a proper compost pile, the 55 gallon drum was a joke. Next on the list, build a greenhouse over my garden. Still trying to figure that out..

 

[Grass Snake]

Last minute greenhouse, in attempt to save my plants...it's dropping down in the 30s and I'm not ready to say goodbye.

 

[Devv]

Yeah cold front here too
 
Dew point looks OK so I'm doing nothing, 35° and low dew point, for one day. I'll be up at 4AM to check. If I see frost I'll turn the sprinklers on.
 
Good luck, you're way north of me!

 

[Grass Snake]

Thanks Devv, good luck to you too. Your deep in the heart of Texas, you should be good.

 

[Grass Snake]

We had freezing Temps last night and the plants look good this morning! I'm so thrilled, now to monitor the temps and make sure they don't cook.

 

[OCD Chilehead]

That's how I usually do it. Looks good. Amazing how much heat builds in the day. I've seen people fill up black milk jugs full of water, for heat absorption and release.

 

[Grass Snake]

That's how I usually do it. Looks good. Amazing how much heat builds in the day. I've seen people fill up black milk jugs full of water, for heat absorption and release.

That's a good idea, I'm hoping the brick border around the garden will retain some heat to help as well.

 

[Devv]

Glad your plants did well
San Antonio had 35°, we had 39° and no frost. I'm counting on some warm weather until after Christmas, cuz I'm "all in".

 

[PaulG]

Your little greenhouse looks like it's doing the job, all right.
Congrats on staving off the nasty weather!
 
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

 

[Grass Snake]

Thanks Paul same to you and yours.

 

[Grass Snake]

Nice little haul before the freezing Temps hit. Wife and I put the greenhouse back up..

 

[PaulG]

Nice looking pods!

 

[Devv]

+1 on #56
 
How did you do with this latest cold?
 
We were slated for 31°, due to our elevation I expected 36°, and that's what we got. Although we took all the precautions..and we're good, until next time?

 

[Grass Snake]

Wednesday night dropped in the low 20's followed by two more night of freezing temps. Looked at the plants yesterday and they looked sad or maybe they were dead
 

 

[Devv]

Sorry to read that, but it's that time of year, even for us. I'll be pulling anything in the dirt tomorrow that doesn't have a chance of producing. And that's most of them.

 

[Grass Snake]

Crazy warm weather, feels like it's time to start planting..