What’s going on in your garden (2025)?

[karadekoolaid]

Mine are supposed to get to red. Never done this so I'll just feed and wait.

They will turn red, eventually. Patience, grasshopper.

 

[Barriehie]

To keep up with plant production I'm going to have to make a red sauce. I'll get the basil right before I need it.

 

[Herbaceous]

This is the earliest in the season my moonflower has ever bloomed! 2 full flowers tonight.

 

[badjak]

My pasion fruit is about to flower

 

[Barriehie]

kaneohegirlinaz Hey, check out my Big Jim chili's. They're a cultivar of the New Mexico chili's.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Barriehie are those mild, medium or hot?

 

[Barriehie]

Barriehie are those mild, medium or hot?

Mild and/or sweet.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Barriehie that sounds like my speed.
I still have some more of the "medium" aka blows the top of my head off too hot, Hatch Chiles in the deep freeze.
I need to come up with a recipe that I can share with Mr&Mrs Next Door Neighbors who LOVE picante/caliente ...

 

[Barriehie]

Barriehie that sounds like my speed.
I still have some more of the "medium" aka blows the top of my head off too hot, Hatch Chiles in the deep freeze.
I need to come up with a recipe that I can share with Mr&Mrs Next Door Neighbors who LOVE picante/caliente ...

I used to eat any/all chili's but just can't do that anymore. Jalapeno's and Serrano's are about as far as I go. I've got some dried habanero but I just use the outside part for flavor; can't do the heat anymore.

I've got these Tobascos from last year that are good too.

 

[badjak]

I like hot food, but it needs to be balanced with other flavours.
I got African piri piri chili's in the garden. They are real small, but also real hot. So small that it looks ridiculous to only use 1 or 2 in a meal, but any more will blow your head off

 

[Barriehie]

I like hot food, but it needs to be balanced with other flavours.
I got African piri piri chili's in the garden. They are real small, but also real hot. So small that it looks ridiculous to only use 1 or 2 in a meal, but any more will blow your head off

Those are about twice as hot as my Tobascos ones. I only use one of mine at a time.

 

[TastyReuben]

It seems to have taken forever this year, but the petunias have finally gotten started.

 

[badjak]

I'm getting too many yellow peppers

 

[Barriehie]

I'm getting too many yellow peppers

I wish it was drier here so I could preserve mine. Don't want to use vinegar since it'll kill the pepper taste and certainly don't want to use an electrical means. I can freeze them until I run out of room.

 

[badjak]

I wish it was drier here so I could preserve mine. Don't want to use vinegar since it'll kill the pepper taste and certainly don't want to use an electrical means. I can freeze them until I run out of room.

I'll eat them.
I got an enormous capacity of eating blackened & peeled ones....
I could dry them, but that doesnt appeal since it takes so long to get them yellow
Maybe I preserve some in olive oil