Peppers and Lizards
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
July 14, 2020 3:11pm CST
Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me.
My 6 pepper plants have loads of blossoms and yet I usually only get 1 pepper per plant! And even then I never know where they will show up or if I will spot them. Look at the top right photo--can you see the pepper right away or did you have to look again? I looked at that plant a few times before I saw the large pepper growing and, yet, I spotted the one in the photo on the top left immediately. Now I am checking the other 4 plants every day!
Then there are the lizards! It is impossible to walk anywhere around the acres of Gateway Terrace without seeing lizards in front or back or on either side of you. They will let you get just close enough for them to scatter away from you. Is it because they can't see you until you are close or are they playing a game with you?
At first I couldn't tell one from another but now I see they have different markings whether it be their tale or the color of their bodies. I have even named a few but they ignore me!
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@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
15 Jul 20
i could see that pepper and i hope your plants give you many more!
lizards are cute, but we only have those like in this photo. my cousin used to catch them and make them a house, leave water for them and grass to eat 
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jul 20
@aureategloom The color is great!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
We have them in all shapes, colors, straight tails, curled tails, etc., and they are great for control of insects!
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@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
17 Jul 20
@GreatMartin that's great, i was always wondering what do they do we got this guy too. and the one that's black and yellow
we got this guy too. and the one that's black and yellow1 person likes this
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jul 20
@gr8nana6 That's the way it has been for 2 years now!
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
16 Jul 20
@GreatMartin Oh no, maybe some more will pop up eventually
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. Maybe the lizards think you're a big pepper @much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jul 20
@GreatMartin Do they like your carrot cake too?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jul 20
@much2say No one get s to taste MY carrot cake!!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
Whatever they think they like me!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
I've asked Mother Nature the same question and haven't got an answer yet!
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
And here I was going to send you a dozen stuffed peppers with lizard!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
Actually not--very mild bell peppers. Ay my age mild is about all I can do!! LOL
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Jul 20
@GreatMartin I never have liked hot and spicy. Mild is good.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
They don't bother humans--just go about their way doing their business!
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
14 Jul 20
I love sweet peppers (hot peppers too). Not only are they delicious but the plants are very beautiful. As for lizards, they stick to my terrace. They seem to be friends with Luna. She does not mind them.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
Lizards only go after insects!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
That's why they make friends with humans who have apartments--it gets cold they come in!!
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jul 20
Enjoy the peppers. I have small fast-moving lizards who come to crawl on the walls of my apartment. They come in off of the roof. When I see one I talk to it and it seems to hear me and stands still until I finish talking to it. Eats all the nasty bugs flying around,
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
I have a couple that come into the apartment--they don't bother me and I don't bother them! Yes, they solve the insect problem!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
I check the plants once a week!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
These lizards are adorable and they leave you alone if you leave them alone!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
You should hear what they say about you!!
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@Fa_Maverick (9491)
• Australia
14 Jul 20
Oh capsicums cool we used to grow those and then we noticed there were chew marks on them then once I caught my dog eating them.
I love lizards they are super cute.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jul 20
I love anything that Mother Nature gives me!
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