Chili is not so much food as a state of mind
This morning, our overwintered Bolivian Rainbow pepper plant is looking vibrant and healthy! 🌈 Despite the challenges of winter, the plant has thrived and is now showcasing its lush green foliage. Bolivian Rainbow peppers are known for their stunning, multicolored fruits that add a splash of color to any garden. Overwintering peppers can be a […]
There’s nothing like the taste of fresh, home-grown fruit. Here’s to many more delicious harvests this summer.
The garden keeps on giving. Here we go, a box of potatoes and a handful of allotment snacks – jalapenos, tomatoes and raspberries. #growyourown
Here are the results of Bolivian Rainbow chilli flowers spotted back in early August. They really do make a colourful and bright addition to your garden – or your home, as they can also be grown indoors and will keep producing its colourful fruits continuously, all year round. Which also gave us an excellent idea […]
So, 2020 was (still is) tough in many aspects, one of them being chilli growing. In our parts, there was a slow start with cold and rainy weather most of the time during May and June. As a result, many pepper plants from our garden have lots of un-ripened peppers. So what to do with […]
Three shades of Carolina Reapers – super hot, red and gnarly, with a bumpy texture and small pointed devilish tail.
Now 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. 😉
The 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, […]
Here 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 👍
Here 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 :/