Well, wouldn’t you know it. The woman at our local farmers market was right. Green bell peppers really do ripen to beautiful reds and yellows – I guess I picked them too early in the past. Here are some of the peppers from my garden:

My vegetable garden seems to have managed the worst of the heat this summer. We’ve had a bumper crop of tomatoes, egg plants, squash, and peppers. Now if I could get the family to eat more vegetables…

Here are my little helpers – Koko and Hiro, enjoying the sun on the trellis bench: