Anyone doing a garden?
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Smitty you need me to send you some of these Thai peppers for your salsa. These things are 50,000 to 100,000 on the Scoville scale. For perspective Cayenne is 30,000 to 50,000 and I can only tolerate the Anaheim and Poblano's around 1000 to 2000. I like them to be around 1500 but some run hotter and some lower even from the same plant. When they turn red they go into a separate batch labeled "use sparingly".
These Thai's I'm picking are labeled "Oh hell no"! Still have to figure out what to do with all of them.
These Thai's I'm picking are labeled "Oh hell no"! Still have to figure out what to do with all of them.
I love to garden. This year, though, nothing seems to grow right for me. The early summer was too brutally hot with nearly no rain.... The spring was soggy to the extreme.... the late summer, so far, has been alternating between periods of dryness and gully-washers were we get 1 - 2 inches of rain at a time in like 2 hours.
At least my roses and bushes are growing though! 
No thanks as I can't eat that hot stuff anymore and I sincerely appreciate your offer.
Wow, that's a lot. I planted three pepper plants, two bell - one chili, this year but only one survived
The good news is that it is producing fruits. Next year I'll put some in pots instead of the raised bed to give them more room. The tomatoes are doing well tho'. When the season cools down I'm sowing some broccoli, some carrots and Romaine lettuce.
LOL...yeah same here. Worth a try.
Wow, that's a lot. I planted three pepper plants, two bell - one chili, this year but only one survived
A lot of plant but not a lot of peppers. This is what I got today....very sad but still holding on to hope....
....and this is what I was getting last year at exactly the same date....
Are you freakin kidding me...I've even stopped watering these devil fruits too!
Well its time to fire the grill up and add these to the last pickins and get them processed. I wonder if my local Chinese restaurant would take the Thai peppers..doubt it..then again I worry about something happening if I give them away and getting sued.
I've been picking cucumbers for the last few weeks. Chard and arugula as well.
Tomatoes are all formed, but still very green.
We had a cold spring, cool June, then hot and drought for the last month. Not ideal....
Tomatoes are all formed, but still very green.
We had a cold spring, cool June, then hot and drought for the last month. Not ideal....
fredgarvin
Super Member
The same bad conditions plagued us up here, even the early girls are still green, about a month and a half behind normal. I'm thinking the Romas won't have enough time to ripen.
Uncle Fester
Super Member
My celebrity tomatoes went in late (June 21) but seemed to catch up quickly.
They will probably ripen late if these miserable animals stop eating the largest ones....(looking at you Mr groundhog).
They will probably ripen late if these miserable animals stop eating the largest ones....(looking at you Mr groundhog).
I've got Celebrity as well. 3 plants are doing well.
I had one plant that struggled and only formed one decent tomato. I severed the roots with a shovel last week...the lone tomato finally has some color now. A few more days and i'll eat it.
I had one plant that struggled and only formed one decent tomato. I severed the roots with a shovel last week...the lone tomato finally has some color now. A few more days and i'll eat it.
Yesterday's take from my little patch.
That looks pretty good considering the weather.
I finally got my haul roasted and processed. I hate small peppers...it took like 2 hours just to do the Garden Salsa. I know they're not the type to be roasted, skinned and de-seeded...but its all I have to work with right now. I got 2 3/4 lbs each of Anaheim's and Poblano's...and 2 lbs of GS. The GS is hot so I can only use a pound per batch of chili...maybe. I need 7 lbs of the other two to make chili in a couple weeks and I only have 5 1/2 lbs so far. Last year I put away about 50 lbs and that just lasted me up to the last batch of chili a month ago. So it will work out perfectly if I can get another 45 lbs this year......
EDIT: I forgot about the first little batch of chilies I already have in the freezer....another pound...so I do have enough for a batch of chili.
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joecoulson
CUPBOARD BROKER
Our backyard garden.
drip irrigation
sq foot gardening
drip irrigation
sq foot gardening
Gonna have to try okra...never had it....I heard it slimy.
It's not slimy if it's done right and I hated it when growing up but now it's great! If you notice on the dinner thread I have it sometimes with my meal.
I saw my father cooking some okra once when I was a kid. One look at that slimy stuff and I was like oh hell naw