Chilli is not so much food as a state of mind
Everything we learn growing chillies at home: sowing, potting on, pests, overwintering and harvest, plus seasonal updates from our own patch.
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Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaOur chillies still haven’t ripened enough but tomatoes, on the other hand, are “in the zone” and keep on giving 馃槈 Here we go, attaching daily batches of tomatoes from this week, straight outta garden. Also, it is quite a privilege of being able to go into your garden and cherry-pick most of the ingredients […]
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaThree shades of Carolina Reapers – super hot, red and gnarly, with a bumpy texture and small pointed devilish tail.
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaMost of our chillies haven’t ripened enough and are still left on the branches to soak up all the late summer sun, but have a look at the tomato. Our last harvest from a couple of days ago. Huge and tasty 馃槈
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaNow in late August when mornings are becoming foggy and prolonged leaf wetness is ideal for downy mildew to appear and ruin late summer tomato harvest. It happened to us last year :-/ So we have decided to build a tomato house fending off the morning wetness and extending the growing season. 馃槈
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaThe Italian Cherry Bomb pepper, much like the standard Cherry Bomb pepper, is a small, round chili pepper known for its mild heat and sweet, juicy flavor. It is commonly used in Italian cuisine, particularly for pickling, stuffing, or adding to sauces and salads. The Italian Cherry Bomb pepper belongs to the species Capsicum annuum, […]
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaBolivian Rainbow chilli flower spotted. It is a stunningly beautiful plant with all the colours of a rainbow, all on one plant. But there is more,with 30-50k Scoville heat units, that鈥檚 four to twelve times hotter than a jalape帽o, so these good looking ornamentals also pack a surprising punch 馃槈
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaHere we go. A decent harvest during a very tricky season of 2020. Although chillies are still warming up, there are lots of other goodies becoming available to cherry-pick from the garden: onion, beans, tomato, parsley, radish, salad, cabbage, cauliflower, zucchini/courgette 馃憤
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaSnails and slugs are primarily pests of seedlings and herbaceous plants. In this rather cold and rainy season of 2020 which is a snail paradise, our chilli plants are being eaten and bitten all over the place :-/ These creatures primarily target seedlings and herbaceous plants, often causing significant damage to your chilli garden. Protecting […]
Simon鈥檚 garden 路 SloveniaHere we go, harvesting of potatoes and beans is starting gradually, while chillies will have to wait lots of additional weeks. Must admit that 2020 season is tough :/
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