This year is flying by! The little ones are growing up so fast — my black heart chilis already have fruits! 
Are they ready to harvest yet? 
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Haven't seen 3 corner leeks
At the plot, made it to fix the trimmer, had a two hour go and two tanks of fuel, not finished yet.
Beans have survived a cold night, which is good. When putting them in the ground used what appears to be a very very large nail, off a wooden ship, who knows, to make a foot deep hole, to get through the weed suppressor, cardboard, then delicately insert the root up to the top. This way presumably the roots will stay in the wet, as it were.
Phew, so far. Am sitting in the shed having a cigarette.
Watching my habanero chilis grow is so calming and nourishing — it might just be my favorite way to cope with the outside world.
This little green bubble brings me peace and a whole lot of joy!
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At the plot. It's raining in a variety of densities, no drizzle.
Stuff is growing despite the weather. Indoors, strawbs have gone mad and grow vertically .... well, so far.
Also various beans which will go outdoors later, still too cold for them.
Weirdly broadbeans are already flowering tho they're barely 15cm high.
I've bought a bag of them in a food shop and they originate from Iran, of all places.
Grapes are starting green shoots, lil carrots tops, leeks and garlic also. Spuds.
Nice.
Wow, this is amazing! 
It's April, and my habanero chili plants are flowering 
! I never thought I could overwinter them and have them bloom again, but here they are, proving me wrong! Aren't they gorgeous?! 
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Another sunny day well spent! 
The past two days have been beautifully warm (18 and 20°C) — absolutely perfect for letting the little ones have some outdoor fun for a few hours!
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Today's pick of chillies is for tonight's chicken gumbo. No okra, so I'll use eggplant.
The Red Marconi and Jalapeno peppers, or chilies, are getting their first true leaves. The California Wonder 300 are all up 100% from last years bought seed, 100% dud on saved seeds. I'll have to make sure to grow one of them well into a non green color for seeds.
Here's the beginnings of my #fermented #chilli powder: it consists of a few different batches of fermented fruits and/or vegetables, with home-grown chillies as the main ingredient. I've got about 2 cups of the stuff, and I imagine I'll have something like 5 or 6 cups once I add the most recent ferment.
Speaking of chillies: one I bought from hammerbarn a couple of years ago billed itself as a "mild pumpkin habanero". It produces lots of these little yellow pumpkin-shaped chillies, packed *full* of seeds, no heat at all. But the flesh still has that lovely aroma and flavour of the habanero family. A couple of small ripe orange habanero for colour comparison.
Can somebody please help me identify these chillies? I bought the plant at hammerbarn last spring, and the ticket said orange habanero. Clearly that's not this! In the habanero family, sure, but not the basic orange common one. That yellow one is fully ripe, I let a couple of others stay on the bush longer and they rotted.
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Tried to overwinter my chilli plants this year—kind of a test run. I left one group outside (winters are usually mild here) and brought another group indoors. Sadly, the outdoor ones didn’t make it, but 8 out of 13 indoor plants are thriving with new leaves already!
Lessons learned:
-Keep them indoors.
-A sunny spot is best.
-Pruning is totally fine.
-Check for pests regularly.
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Guess what! I harvested another 400g of gorgeous habanero chillies today. I put them in the oven at 60° for 10 hours to dry them out. I'd already pickled the first batch (also 400g) in oil, and they were so good!
I'd absolutely love to hear any great ideas or recipes on how to make a large quantity of chillies keepable.
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After a boring and really pointless meeting at the social, called 'mythbusters ' about old folks not being employable etc etc etc.. did a quick visit to the plot to check it out.
All is growing very well indoors, no so well outdoors as expected due to weather performance which is typical of Wales as you know.
Colleague donated a pond-log, this being a log (!) with some sort of herbs which grow in the pond, so placed it there.
Watered stuff and as I was about to return to base it started raining. Of course.
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The new gentrification - lower spice levels in Mexican food. :(
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Spicy food: Mexicans ponder international influence on lower chilli heat levels
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Any chilli experts know what kind of chillis these are, and when I will know they're ripe? They haven't been green & gone purple as they've grown and have always been purple. They came as Moruga Scorpion Chocolate seeds but are most definitely not!
Think they might be Peruvian purple, but those chillis are shorter & more oval than mine.
OK, #gardening #cooking #chili #chile #chilli #pepper enthusiasts. I need some brainstorming. Last summer I grew Peachadew pepper for the first time and fell in love. They've got a nice, fruity flavor and great color with what I'd call low-moderate heat. I didn't know what to do with the excess from my end-of season picking so I dehydrated them. I'd really like to find an application that highlights their great flavor. Ideas?
