Search results

Got my bacon finished up today. This was a cryovac'd belly from CostCo that I put in a dry cure for 8 days, smoked on my pellet smoker (1.5 hours @ 180°, and 2.75 hours @ 200°) until 150° internal, fridged overnight, then sliced up on my electric slicer today. Really one of the easiest bits of...

Drop on by! I'm 2 hours north of you! ;) Happy birthday, Paul!

Not too much new outside other than some more pods on the Pasilla & Guajillo, with the first Anaheim poking out, too (which is good, as that was the plant that was dropping flowers before.) I counted 24 more buds on the Pasilla plant, but was too lazy to count any of the other plants. Here's...

Very cool! I love charcuterie projects like this! Waiting for my belly bacon to finish up with the dry cure. :) Looking forward to seeing how this turns out! R

Damn tasty! Not too shabby for a Monday night!

Mixed up some pasta dough this am..... 142g "00" Flour 1 whole egg 1 egg yolk Handful of parsley sprigs Whizzed the egg and parsley together in my mini Cuisinart. Mixed egg/parsley mixture slowly into flour with a fork, then kneaded until relatively smooth and about the consistency of play...

All good in PT F4 land out here.....just waiting on some buds to develop. :)

Pods! :) A better update than my sick plant from last week! Pasilla Guajillo Lots of flowers and soon to be pods on these plants and others. Much happier with the development of the whole grow than I ever was the last two years..... I got a little antsy, and got some more seeds...

Not too much to report on my pepper grow other than the sudden death of one of my mucho nachos. Not sure what happened, just started to drop all its leaves, and headed south. :( I'm going to prune it down and see if it comes back to life, but I'm thinking it's a goner. Lots of flowers on...

My PT F4 crew is looking good...... #1 #2 #3 (still in a 6" pot)

I don't see any signs of it being chewed on, and I haven't moved it. I'll chalk it up to that plant just not being ready to be a parent just yet! ;)

Unfortunately, my only update for this week is to announce the untimely death of my first baby pepper.......sad to say, the second flower that developed a "podling" looks like it's headed in the same direction. Don't know if this is due to some cold overnight temps (high 40's) or something...

Is it an unwritten truth that your first pod will be on a side of the plant that is VERY difficult to photograph? :) First pod formed up on my Anaheim. Got lots of flowers starting to pop on my other plants. Haven't seen any flowers on the HOT varieties, but plenty of buds on some of them.....

I just sowed a Mattapeno seed this week, Paul (got them when I ordered a variety pack from Matt.) Your photos are making me even more interested to see what it looks like as it develops! :) R

Those are some beautiful plants, Paul!

I don't get to help much around here as a total noob, but if it makes you feel better, I did pinch off some similar looking leaves on this plant (nubs are circled), and, as you can see, it's looking pretty darned healthy!

Some new and old plants for this update..... I gave two of my PT F4 seeds to a friend, and he now has them transplanted outside. I asked him to get me a couple of shots since I know Paul wants to keep tabs on how this generation of seeds performs..... Here they are: ....and, in their...

FINALLY! First couple of flowers popped on my Anaheim: Everybody is looking good....

PepperJoe says 2,200,000 SHU....make it a big milkshake! :)

My container PT F4 has really colored back up this week..... I feel like I may have overheated the Solo cup crew while doing some hardening......they are outside now, but back in the shade.....getting their purple back, too.