My first outdoor pepper that hasn't been eaten! (lemmy.amyjnobody.com)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If you don't want critters eating your veggies, you have to set up a fence around your garden.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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)/¯

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