Last Harvest of 2020

It is currently winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It doesn’t normally get cold enough for ice or snow in my area so the ornamental plants in my patio like the lavender and salvia plants are still green. I amazingly also have a couple of plants bore fruit as well!

I have a small chili pepper plant a friend’s father gifted me a few months ago. It produces a very spicy chili (spicy to me). I would say it is more spicy than a Thai chili. Anyways, it has been producing lots of peppers, more than I can consume. I just harvested a bunch and the plant is still producing.

Lemon Harvest

Another plant that I just harvested a couple of fruits, my lemon plant. I purchased the young plant a couple years ago and this is the very first harvest. I was a little worried about the slow growth because I’ve spotted several slugs feasting on its foliage and as you can see in the first photo of this post, there is damage on the leaves. I was also told that it takes at least a couple of years for a young lemon plant to fruit so, I guess it is right on time. I am excited and glad it has finally fruited. Since I live in an area with less extreme temperatures, it means I will now regularly have fresh lemons available to me.

I thought my patio would have no production the next couple months. I was wrong!