Oops...

I accidentally picked a pepper yesterday, but not a peck of pickled peppers.  Just the one.  

I was trimming off some of the bottom leaves on my plants -- both peppers and tomatoes -- because some were touching the ground, and others had turned yellow.  That's perfectly normal, by the way, for the bottom sets of leaves to turn yellow.  At least that's what all the gardening channels say. They also say to trim away the leaves touching the ground so to minimize the risk of disease affecting your plants. 

Anyway, so there I was just whacking away, when I got a little over enthusiastic and chopped a branch with a pepper on it.  No big deal.  I just brought it into the house and will chop it up and use it in something.  Most likely chicken salad or egg omelette. 

Speaking of my garden, this afternoon I put together my last two 4' x 4' beds, under the cat's supervision, of course.  

I think they must have re-designed the corner brackets, because these were much easier to put together than the two I bought last year.  I had to beat those on with a rubber hammer, but these slid right on with no problem.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy.  

I had them put together in no time, then I hauled them out and put them into the garden spot. 

This is pretty much where they'll go, but I'll make sure they're lined up and squared up before I start putting dirt into them.   That will be all the beds I buy until I get the ones I have filled up and planted. Which at this point will most likely be next year.  It's just too hot right now to spend much of any time outside.  

Especially after spending the day in that unairconditioned plant.  Yep, we got up to 91° in my work area today.  One of the brazers' last day was Friday, and the trainer was up there this afternoon just a cussin.  She doesn't want to have to train anyone so she can stay in the back where the assembly lines are.  They have air conditioning back there.  I wish we did, because it gets downright miserable out there. 

In knitting news, I finally cast on another sailor hat. 

Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver Bitty Stripes

Colorway:  Crayon Box

Pattern:  Basic beanie

Needles:  US 8 / 5 mm

Apropos of nothing, I finally signed up for another Hillsdale College course, this one on American Paintings.  I've wanted to do it for a while, but each lesson is over an hour long.  That's what put me off, especially since we're working such long hours right now.  Maybe this long weekend, I can get the rest of the course done.  It's only four lessons long, so it ought to be doable.  

And finally, your humor for the day:  

What would we do without Florida?