Recent content by stettoman

Season over, and then this It's a wacky world, Colorado. There are four of these now. Should be ripe right around plant out for next season...

What can I say, it was a rough season. The Serranos never grew any taller than my last pic, but they did try...This is my entire harvest for '23. They aren't very hot either. We had our first hard freeze last night, so the season ends. Not. One. Rocoto. I did choose to extend the season for...

Those who know, know whats coming... The peppers are from the freezer. The Aji Oro from last season, De Seda from previous. I have a pound of Rocoto Rojo still in the freezer, but these will be a good start...

Cool Dog. That's great input. Question is; am I looking at an F1 cross or an errant seed? I'd like to believe that Sandia is one of the more nit-picking seed cullers. There's been a rash of really bad mislabeled seed lots out there this year, not likely to get any better soon. I've been pretty...

An "update"....of sorts. So the Serranos have come to life a bit, not a foot high (by a long'un), but are beginning to flower and pod up quite a bit. I'm not sure I want to save midget Serrano seeds, but hey, what the hell...there is this, however... There are about a dozen Serrano plants in...

Won't matter if they produce nothing. I'll keep working them till the frost, but the two overflowing Rocotos from last season were Cinderella. I think this cat needs to relearn gardening. I assumed way too much.

So then. Not sure, but I believe it was a combination of meteorological anomalies and maybe mismanagement, but as of today, July 26, my 2023 grow is just about as close to a total bust as I've ever had. The Serranos, though sporting a half dozen small ripening pods, are no more than an inch...

Better now.

I'd heard the landlord wouldn't renew the lease, I just thought Lauren would've found new digs by this time. I get ya on the Colorado feel. Not really what I remembered from the late 80s when I passed through regularly. We've been in the Springs a year and a half now, and just bought a tiny but...

Thanks, the Darlin Bride wanted something nice instead of "what I might try to get away with" 🤨 I've no doubt the shock will pass and these guys will shoot to the moon. There's eventually going to be a greenhouse built over top, but not "what I might try to get away with"... Rifle, eh? Heard...

Back on topic Got dirt in, got Serranos in, though they look sickly as hell. Mother Mary pray for us...

No, not Salida. Not yet. The local news stations sure like the place. I haven't even been to Pueblo yet. Shame on me. We did spend a pricey week in an air b&b just south of Breckenridge though...that was interesting... Oh, and a weekend @ Mt. Princeton. Best French Dip I've had maybe ever.

Heh yeah, now I got all manner of commercial and private a/c buzzing the place, not to mention F22s, C17s, C5s, C130s, fueling planes, F16s, WWII vintage, and even now and again a large white 747 with a blue stripe down the side, a blue chin and an American flag painted on the tail. But if...

The perseverance I'm witnessing in these Serranos is nothing short of miraculous. Though war--er--weather ravaged, they continue. And this: hanging literally by a thread, this small branch insists upon perpetuation. I gotta get these guys in some damned soil. But for the hail. My next...