It does look similar. Honestly, I'm not much of a pepper person - I grew some seeds as both a challenge to myself, and for the family to have a kind of pepper they like. Can I grow them? Yes. Should I grow them? This time was also yes 😋
Thanks for the tip about the tinfoil - between that and a slug trap, it seems like the damage should at least be mostly mitigated.
Something has been eating the leaves, but the plant is doing really well! This came from a seed from a pepper from the store - it was labeled as either an "ancient" or a "twisty" pepper.
This is the biggest pepper on the biggest plant and is around 6 inches long! (all I had with me for scale was my hand, but later remembered that none of you know how big my hand is 😋) It's in one of the half-barrel sized planters with another of the same kind, and 2 tabasco pepper plants.
Now I can't stop seeing a kangaroo 😂
Speaking of "deer crossing" - I was told there was a group of 3 deer in the street in front of our house, earlier in the morning!
It's a residential street that's hard to go fast on, so we don't have a "deer x-ing" sign.
Yeah, and sadly with kids in the neighborhood, I'd hate to be responsible for a Lyme disease outbreak or something like that 😅
Young deer, tried stopping by my lilies for a snack! I took this picture through the window but accidentally left the flash on from the last pic taken... This is the moment the deer noticed me - it didn't bolt until I started opening the door! (and it didn't seem to get any of the lilies... this time)
Does he think that you think that he is grass/greenery/(what is that, sedum?)? Silly snek.
(photo of peace lily flower barely peeking through the main stalk and other new growth leaves)
I'm pretty sure it's a "dot com", although I could be wrong. It currently has 6 open flowers, and I'd love to cut it, but after seeing a hummingbird drinking from it I've been holding off.
Ehh, I've still had critters get in. We don't have a permanent patch, so we didn't bury the chicken wire, so things went under - even when it was staked down pretty well.
We have also had (presumably) animals go over the top and bend the whole fence inwards just to get in. ¯\(ツ)/¯