With Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers keeping me company, it's a beautiful day to be here in the garden. My irises began blooming today (my tree peony is on its way out) and I'm prepping the garden to receive some peppers. After hardening my plants this past week, it is finally about the right temp for planting (over 55 F at night) and gives me just enough time to make sure they are happy and stable pre Canada fun. It is a beautiful day, and with music blaring, dirt under the nails, and plenty of green potentials: what could be better?? I can tell you.... a bigger garden, I think, and maybe some friends and a beer! I'll have to work on the friends and beer part.
If you get a chance, check out Cross Country Nurseries in Rosemont, NJ (http://www.chileplants.com/). They are a hop, skip, and jump from me, and also cater to the mail order crowd. They have a fantastic selection of every kind of pepper you can dream of. According to their website, they have 500 types of peppers, 175 types of tomatoes and 50 types of eggplant. I ended up with 13 pepper plants and 8 kinds of basil. One lonely tomato (Coyote Tomato) made it into my flat along with an eggplant. We shall see how my garden grows and if they will all fit in it. Every year my eyes are bigger than my garden, but believe it or not, I actually scaled back this year. I look forward to several types of bell peppers, a few types of jalapeno, a few Thai standbys, an Ammazzo, a Limon, and a Sheepnose pimento. I have no idea what some of these are going to be like, but what's the fun of knowing exactly what you're going to end up with? Bring on the Capsicum. 
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