The last of my summer garden still lingers. Its the 3 bell pepper plants that I kept as an experiment. Lamont and I wanted to see if they would “return” after the heat of the summer was gone. They did, and when the heat began to give way to cooler temperatures, say middle August or early September, the bells returned with a vengance. They gave me the best yellow, orange and red peppers of the year. The green ones appeared hardier, but the taste is really in the color bells. Yum. Actually, I still have 2 yellows on the plant, 4 orange, and a dozen green, but the night-time temperatures are dipping lower now and these guys don’t like it, (they don’t like air temperatures below 55). Their leaves (on all of them) are aging and beginning to drop….signaling that their end is nearing. They were easy to grow, needing protection only from the local woodpeckers and an occasional caterpillar and mealy bug…. nothing was problem enough to require Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt). They were in the ground longer than any other vegetable planted in my spring garden. Best thing I accidentally did was grow them in pots, so I could move them out of the sun when it got really hot, (somewhere near the middle of June). That same feature allowed me to move them back into the sun when it cooled somewhat, (somewhere near middle or end of August). I do like it when a plan accidentally comes together. Bells will be a staple in my spring, summer and fall garden.