Peas, and Peppers, and Hail! Oh, My!

We felt so helpless watching the skies open while depositing hail all around the garden. The good news is our flowering plants did well. Our vegetables, on the other hand, withstood the worst of the storm. We lost our runner beans, and our squash is on life support.

The other plant to get damaged hard by the storm was our sugar snap peas. Again, the good news is I had already done one harvest anticipating one more before the end of its season.
Our peppers plants had minimal damage, with them springing back to life after a day of sunshine and extra attention from the Big Guy. I admit I was worried as peppers have never been a good producing plant for us.

To my surprise, our gypsy pepper is thriving and has already produced for us. While it looks and sounds like a hot pepper, it is a cross between a sweet Italian bull horn and bell pepper. I plan to use it very soon in a meal in the Carondelet Kitchen!