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Coffee Grounds Great for Pineapples but not good for the Peppers

After wondering why the Habenero Pepper plants were not blooming, a little research turned up vital information on my habit of tossing the coffee grounds around. Coffee grounds are rich in Nitrogen. Pineapples love them. But Peppers and Tomatoes in the same family, do not. The additional Nitrogen inhibits blooming.
I stopped sprinkling the grounds, added a little manure mixture, plenty of water (it's been dry lately.) and the pepper plants bloomed accordingly. We've already harvested 2 fine looking peppers. I can't stand the heat, but the pepper lover in the family said they were perfectly hot and extra tasty.

Gardening around the world

This article isn't directly connected to gardening but I just had to share it as I seek to understand what gardening means in other parts of the world. How would our lives be changed if we had to deal with the implications of gardening where cluster bombs are present? This is the reality for many in Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Vietnam.

http://www.themennonite.org/issues/12-18/articles/Battle_zones_lethal_harvest

May we think beyond ourselves and realize the implications our individual and countries actions have on those in our neighborhood as well as across the ocean.