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Thanks!   Aji Amarillo. Not a ton of pods yet, but the few it has are fine looking!:      Goat's Weed, just about finishing up it's first flush of pods. Waiting on Round 2!:     Queen Laurie. My biggest plant, and one of the slowest one to flower. I finally have a blossom or two, and it looks...

Hey an update!   Finally got out to the garden with my phone. And hey, it's overcast! Had a big BBQ last night, and that summoned the first rain we've had in at least a month. Forecast has us back in the 99's throughout the week. Wonder how many pods are gonna set then  :tear: ?   Updated plant...

As usual in the pepper world, things are going slow and steady. I promise to get some updates on the plants soon, but today I've got a quick harvest pic. Still early in the season, but I've got a bit of red coming in:     From L to R: 2 Ros de Mallorca, 2 Allepo, the first Goat's Weed (wish...

Sure! It's a recipe my Mom has been perfecting for years:   Recipe for about 4 quarts: 4 qts (it's about a pound of cucumbers per quart) pickling cucumbers, rinsed well and 1/16 of the blossom end removed 16 large garlic cloves peeled 4 heads fresh dill, halved or cut to fit jar 12-16 dried red...

  We make refrigerator pickles every year using boiling water, and it's a great method. They keep forever in the fridge. I just wouldn't trust keeping them at room temp, as that recipe that FGPepperguy posted claimed you could do.   I was curious, so I looked up some info on the OSU extension...

  There are folks much more knowledgeable about canning that I am on this forum, but I was under the impression that canning in the microwave is a big no-no?

  Thanks! Plants are doing all the work, really.   Now that the heat has broke, and it's comfortably in the low 80's, the plants seem a bit happier. My only troubled plant is the Charapita. It's looking a bit yellow, and doesn't seem to be growing much. I should hit it with some cal-mag, but...

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Heat. We still have the heat. But we also have some ripe pods! So, I'm cool with that!   So I checked last year's blog, and my first ripe pod was July 15. I'm a week earlier this year! Looks like my decision to start my plants later this year didn't affect their maturation all that much.   Bell...

  I get a little paranoid, because I get a LOT of sun in my backyard, and the plants will droop significantly. But yeah, I let it ride for this super hot week, and I think they're all going to be okay. Still a few more 97 degree days to go! But I'm all about working smarter, and not harder. Says...

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Thanks!   So today, I've got everyone's current pics. I'll start with the Brazilian Starfish that suffered a unplanned topping:     It's forked nicely. I can't help but think that it might be doing better if I hadn't somehow decapitated it, but there you go!   Next is the Farmer's Jalapeno...

  Hey! Thanks for checking in! Sorry to be remiss! I like to have weekly updates, but my time has been crazy this year. It's looking like monthly, doesn't it?   Anyway, things are going great! We are having an insanely hot summer. It was supposed to hit 100 today (seasonal average at this time...

  Thank you kindly!   Continuing on with some portraits, here's a Pequin:     Yellow Fatalii:     Charapita:     White Bullet Habanero:     Better Bhut:     Guwahati Bhut (with flowers already!):     And my only frutescens, Bradley's Bahamanian:     And then my wild, the Round C...