When I was burying my Ghost Pepper plant, the

hand trowel I was using was just about to hit the
dirt when this little rattlesnake started
moving underneath it.

Man, there are a lot of snakes around this year.

This is a sad day, my friends. My Ghost Pepper plant

has given up... the ghost. I have been raising him for

just two months short of two years. But I suppose the

last pruning was just too much for him. He never gave

me a pepper, but I salute him.

His survival efforts under my amateur growing skills

were valiant. He has been buried in a place of honor

and will not soon be forgotten.

It is in his honor that I will attempt to grow a Ghost

Pepper plant with the last batch of seeds from the

Ghost Pepper kit that my son gave to me two years ago.

In this pot there are five seeds. Perhaps one will lead

us to glory.

But there will be a difference between this effort and the

last one. I will not be documenting this unless something

exciting (like maybe a pepper actually growing) happens.

I can't say "stay tuned" this time around.

Today we had another little rattlesnake visitor by
the front door and bigger one in the shed.

They are becoming active.

The crazy things you see while in the
waiting room at the doctor's office.

Wait a second... um...

This could come in handy.

When one chapter ends...

...another begins.

I will put this cactus in a bigger
pot when I get one.