seed from Pepper Joe's
soak

indoors pepper seed plants
outdoors


ghost pepper,( Bhut Jolokia ) not ready yet

potted pepper plant
pepper bed #1


four cucumber plants
variety of tomatoes
I have a few ghost pepper plants (Bhut Jolokia) going - one looks real strong. We'll have some pepper eating contests later this year, stay tuned.  If the T-Splost passes I'll eat a whole pepper and play the video here.  If T-Splost fails, Bicycle Joe and Bob D. each eat one.

I planted six different varieties of peppers this spring, and my second planting will be next week now that I pulled the cucumbers. One tomato plant had bottom rot, one plant half of the tomatoes have the catface/cracking.  But a couple of the plants are super stars. 

I was over at the Dunwoody Sandy Springs gymnastic / synthetic turf park on Hammond and observed some 20 somethings playing an odd game.  They were gathered around a small trampoline and hitting a ball of some sort.  The 'sport' is a cross between hacky sack, hand ball, and volleyball, I think.  Anyone know what these young adults were doing?  Consuming bath salts may be a precursor.


On the topic of the park, they have an adult kickball league.  Here is a highlight of Wednesday night's match-up between the Beer Drinking Blue Shirts versus the Red Bull and Vodka Brown Shirts:



Rule #1 of co-ed sports: Kick it (or Hit it) to a girl.  LOL

As the blog title says, we are talking about peppers (done) parks (done) and Puerto Rico.  Next up, our US-owned island to the south.  On a side note, we need some real casinos in Puerto Rico.  Can we get a Wynn or MGM down there?

By far, the most interesting thing I saw on the island was a classic Kellogg's vending machine.  They like their Tony down there.


I took a few photos for Al and Heyward while I was in Puerto Rico.  They love their banners and signs.  Not even Walgreen's on a holiday weekend can match the signs in Puerto Rico.  And they drink Medalla a lot. I think Medalla is a Spanish word meaning donkey pee.
Walgreen's in Dunwoody



Speaking of bath salts, I took a hike in the El Yunque rain forest.  The place was very nice, and it rained.  So after a hike of a mile or so down I get to a huge waterfall.  Down river from the waterfall are huge boulders and fast-moving water.  No signs to 'keep out' or 'warning'.  After all, it's a rain forest.  People seem to understand that Mother Nature can sweep you away.  So taking a photo I spy a young girl meditating way down there. You better be a Vermack swimmer if you slip into the current, or else you'll end up somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.


My kids think I should include a photo of myself from Puerto Rico, so here's one from the wonderful El Conquistador Resort Water Park




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