Yesterday I noticed a small green dot in one the 10 sections of a seed starting tray; a Carolina reaper chocolate chili pepper plant had breached the soil. And today, in the early afternoon, a tiny seedling could be seen.
I planted the 10 seeds Sunday the 26th of April. I got the seeds earlier this year from my brother. According to him this pepper grows slowly. It is my first attempt at growing chili peppers.
In the afternoon I finished The Integral Trees, The Smoke Ring series book 1 by Larry Niven. I really liked the setting of the story and how one learns more and more about the smoke ring environment. A good read; recommended.
In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring (an immense gaseous envelope and neutron star circling a habitable cluster of plants, trees and animals), descendants of the starship Discipline’s crew no longer remember their Earth roots or the existence of Sharls Davis Kendy, the computer AI controlling the ship — until Kendy initiated contact once more, 500 years after the crew whom the half-mad AI calls “mutineers” were abandoned on this strange world (see The Integral Trees).
Fourteen years later only Jeffer, the Citizens Tree “Scientist”, knew that Kendy was watching and advising. When Citizens Tree rescues a family of loggers, they learn of the Admiralty, a military organization in a town unknown to Citizens Tree. Jeffer is among those who want to visit the town and the Admiralty, which may have maintained intact Discipline's original computer library. The events following the visit to the town and the subsequent flight from the Admiralty form part of this exciting tale of adventure, danger and courage.
In the evening I started in The Smoke Ring, The Smoke Ring series book 2 by Larry Niven.