My Garden season - Page 3

BucksCountyGirl · July 11, 2013

I did get a pretty good haul...I'll have to get a picture for you. I didn't get a chance to weigh everything yet, but it filled my rather large harvesting basket!. Looks like you are really having them come in steady now. Isn't summer grand?

Cheers!

sjoella · July 19, 2013

this is a great day!

Salsacharley · July 19, 2013

Oh my! Delightful!

BucksCountyGirl · July 19, 2013

Very Nice!

Deborah · July 19, 2013

WOW !!!

shelleybean · July 19, 2013

Whatcha gonna do with all those peppers? Serranos?

madddawg · July 20, 2013

You got some awesome looking soil, and frame work going on, Good job!, looks nice

lycomania · July 20, 2013

Wowee those pictures look amazing and mouth-watering!

sjoella · July 21, 2013

Thanks everyone

Michele--i usually will dry into pepper flakes all of the peppers combined. i use what i need for the day then what is left over turns into flakes. today will be rotel for canning! i have out 1/2 pound of flakes thus far, i am not real happy until i get a good amount of ghost in the mix and i only have 5 to date. when i get a real good n hot mix i will share with friends and family that enjoy hot like i do.

kath · July 21, 2013

A lovely haul for one day! Would you mind sharing how you make your pepper flakes?

kath

sjoella · July 21, 2013

yesterday i had serrano, cayenne, japaleno, banana (mild), and ghost. i put them all in the dehydrator. when they are good and dry i put them in an old "fry daddy" strainer which i like because it has large holes that seeds can fall thru then i take a "pestel" and mash them until it all falls thru the holes then i freeze it. i mix any and all peppers (well not bell peppers) i have harvested and at the end of the season i will have a really nice super extra spicy mix which you cant come close to heat in a typical store. i have a coffee bean grinder which i am planning on making fine flakes as well by taking the current mix and grinding it.

this season i am growing serrano, japaleno, cayenne, habanero, ghost and scorpion.

my favorite thing it use it is in pho ga which is simply thai chicken noodle soup. i will put it on just about everything especially hoagies, grilled stuff, rice and mexican dishes. my family likes hot, but not crazy hot...which is why i make it in the first place. i love love love hot!

kath · July 21, 2013

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Originally Posted by sjoella

yesterday i had serrano, cayenne, japaleno, banana (mild), and ghost. i put them all in the dehydrator. when they are good and dry i put them in an old "fry daddy" strainer which i like because it has large holes that seeds can fall thru then i take a "pestel" and mash them until it all falls thru the holes then i freeze it. i mix any and all peppers (well not bell peppers) i have harvested and at the end of the season i will have a really nice super extra spicy mix which you cant come close to heat in a typical store. i have a coffee bean grinder which i am planning on making fine flakes as well by taking the current mix and grinding it.

this season i am growing serrano, japaleno, cayenne, habanero, ghost and scorpion.

my favorite thing it use it is in pho ga which is simply thai chicken noodle soup. i will put it on just about everything especially hoagies, grilled stuff, rice and mexican dishes. my family likes hot, but not crazy hot...which is why i make it in the first place. i love love love hot!

Very interesting technique- thanks for sharing! We don't like ours super hot but I appreicate your ideas for how to use it, too.

kath

madddawg · July 27, 2013

Hows the garden looking? Some Pictures please. Also, what kind of tomatoes are you growing? Did you ever say or did I miss it. Thanks

sjoella · July 30, 2013

how can i refuse!!! post pics...why of course i will!!!! this is all i have handy at the moment...

last night i canned 6 qts and 4 pints of rotel tomatoes which was about 20 or so lbs, and i brought into work another 8 lbs to share with folks here. no pics of that though..

this season i have grown

Brandywine, sweet million, black krim, cherokee purple, early treat, santa, jelly belly, odoriko, orange jubilee, rutgers hybrid, momotaro, orange plum, roma...and a volunteer from days gone past

Alfredo · July 30, 2013

Great pics sjoella...that is a seriously big harvest of tomatoes you're having already... Really nice garden space too.

~Alfredo

July 11, 2013	#31
BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	I did get a pretty good haul...I'll have to get a picture for you. I didn't get a chance to weigh everything yet, but it filled my rather large harvesting basket!. Looks like you are really having them come in steady now. Isn't summer grand? Cheers! __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

July 19, 2013	#34
BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	Very Nice! __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

July 19, 2013	#36
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Whatcha gonna do with all those peppers? Serranos? __________________ Michele

July 20, 2013	#37
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	You got some awesome looking soil, and frame work going on, Good job!, looks nice __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

July 27, 2013	#43
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	Hows the garden looking? Some Pictures please. Also, what kind of tomatoes are you growing? Did you ever say or did I miss it. Thanks __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

July 19, 2013	#33
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	Oh my! Delightful!

July 19, 2013	#35
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	WOW !!!

July 20, 2013	#38
lycomania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Zone 5b Posts: 179	Wowee those pictures look amazing and mouth-watering!

July 21, 2013	#39
sjoella Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: chesapeake, virginia Posts: 89	Thanks everyone Michele--i usually will dry into pepper flakes all of the peppers combined. i use what i need for the day then what is left over turns into flakes. today will be rotel for canning! i have out 1/2 pound of flakes thus far, i am not real happy until i get a good amount of ghost in the mix and i only have 5 to date. when i get a real good n hot mix i will share with friends and family that enjoy hot like i do.

July 21, 2013	#40
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	A lovely haul for one day! Would you mind sharing how you make your pepper flakes? kath

July 30, 2013	#45
Alfredo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 554	Great pics sjoella...that is a seriously big harvest of tomatoes you're having already... Really nice garden space too. ~Alfredo