Beside the broccoli, in the blue bucket is my old pepper plant. This plant is OLD! It is now in its forth season and still producing delicious green peppers. I had left it for dead several times but when I was about to pull it out and replant, a small pepper or white flower would convince me to give it another week or two. That has now extended over the years and I just want to see how long it will last. There are at least 4 nice size peppers on it now and several flowers. I just added another bucket of pepper plants because this simply can’t continue but maybe the company will help.
I built a frame of 2×4’s and covered it with shade cloth. That helps during the hottest part of summer and if we have a cool night (yes, there are times when we even flirt with a frost), it helps to regulate the cold air from settling on the plants and IF we have a minor frost, it is much harder to get to the plants. It’s just a little bit but it’s enough. If we have a hard frost (the temp dipped to 29 a few years ago for a night), I have to bring the plants onto the lanai.