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Bodeen's 2012 Grow Log - THE END!!!!!

Anxious to get dirt under my nails, so I might as well start this thing off.

Got an unfinished basement that is mainly storage. It has an old 1957 bathroom in it. I tore that out today and will be using that as my grow room as soon as I get it done. It is small enough a small heater will keep my temps in check. (Pictures of progress will come once I get it looking better lol)

Last year I built a grow table and this year I am putting up a shelving unit with grow lights on many of the shelves.

My one garden area that will be expanded on this year I believe. 40x30

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My other garden which is longer, but not as wide.

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Then I put this row in last year and my thoughts we strawberries, but it might be a row of peppers.

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Ugggh

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My motto is Rabbit eats garden, Gardener eats rabbit. They are the reason I have to fence the gardens
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I also plan on doing some peppers in pots this year.

My tray of peppers last year went 71 out of 72 popped. Hope I can get these results this year.
 
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Great looking harvest hopefully they will ripen before mothernature destroys your pods. If it gets cold you can try bucket of hot water that would keep everything under the tarp warm. Good Luck
 
Might be my last pod pics, but I think I saved some plants last night. Being so dry lately and not watering probably saved my plants a lot.

Had to snap a pic of a loaded white hab


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This is definitely the last hab harvest as I pulled the plants.


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Made me an omelet today with a fresh red savina pepper in it. Not nearly as hot as I thought it was going to be considering it was the world record holder for 12 years. A nice flavor to the pepper. It did take me 10 minutes to eat the omelet though lol.


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Have all of my habs in the dehydrator. 410 white habs included. I did save out two cups to make jelly with

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Made another omelet. Wanted to go with the lantern, but made a last minute switch to the cajin bell. Lots of flavor, just no heat.

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Even took a break from peppers to catch dinner.

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Nice... Someday I'll have to try Walleye, but not here. The only place we have them is in the Connecticut river, and nobody should eat anythng that comes out of it
 
This is actually a sauger, not a walleye. Taste pretty much the same but sauger fight a lot harder in my opinion. Walleye do get a lot bigger though.
 
Cool! How can you tell the difference? I missed an opportunity to go fishing from the beach in Rhode Island this weekend because I had to clean my Mom's gutters and chimney flue before the weather turns. My buddy Shawn was catching Bluefish that were blitzing next to the beach... hope he brings a few home to share, but he was in such a hurry to wet his line that he didn't get any ice before he got there at dawn yesterday morning. What a donut!
 
Tried the paper lantern in my omelet tonight. Had nice tingle to it, but no real heat. My eyes did sweat, but I didn't feel the heat. Couldn't quite place the flavor, but it was a nice flavor.

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I also went out back and found me a nice cauliflower mushroom. Will be quite tasty grilled with some garlic.


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Bodeen said:
Tried the paper lantern in my omelet tonight. Had nice tingle to it, but no real heat. My eyes did sweat, but I didn't feel the heat. Couldn't quite place the flavor, but it was a nice flavor.










I also went out back and found me a nice cauliflower mushroom. Will be quite tasty grilled with some garlic.
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nice to see peppers put to good use... as i have mentioned.. the lanterns are a bit odd of a pepper taste(in a good way) but with little to no heat =D... will get a jam or two out to you.. =D

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Tried my Peruvian Serlano peppers tonight and was a bit disappointed.

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Decided to give one of these a taste. I generally just use my hots in cooking and hadn't got around to trying these guys. They smell sweet, taste has a taste like it is going to be hot, but it isn't. I feel a little numbing like sensation, but that is it. Not impressed with the flavor either way. No idea what they are. Sure aren't Serlano peppers.[/background]
 
Pulled most of my pepper plants last night. I have been protecting a Bhut that is loaded with green pods and so far it is still making it. Same with the Jamaican yellow and the Bajio. Hoping the "Indian Summer" hits and ripens the rest out. The Bajio pods that were green that I picked off to test ripening them in the house have ripened.

While I was out pulling plants it dawned on me that when I was potting up a couple plants to try to over winter I didn't do the Manzano. The one plant that needed to be done to get ripe pods next year I forgot to do. I think I was just rushing cause is was icing out, getting dark, and I had too much going at one time.

It is a bit of a bummer to have to put the garden to bed for the year, but getting a break from it is probably what makes spring so special.
 
Nice grow log. Man do you have a lot of peppers. I don't think I could eat that many in 5 years, let alone just one year. Keep us updated with what you do with them all.

Tried the paper lantern in my omelet tonight. Had nice tingle to it, but no real heat. My eyes did sweat, but I didn't feel the heat. Couldn't quite place the flavor, but it was a nice flavor.
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I only grew one paper lantern this year, but I did like it quite a bit. It is pretty prolific in the northern areas and produces a heat that is on par with an orange hab, but with a completely different taste. I have been using them a lot on pizzas and fajatias. I'll probably grow more than one plant next year.
 
Mostly I did powders and some freezer of peppers. I stuff quite a few and canned some rings and some whole ones. The lantern is built for the north. It puts out a lot of pods and I find the rattling of the pods together on the plant to be just awesome. Very cool plant that I will grow every year. Probably only one next year as three this year buried me in pods.
 
Made up a Jamaican Yellow Omelet tonight. It started out warm, built a little, then nothing. I thought I would get more out of them than this. I would get more heat from a cayenne than what I did with this pepper.


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Hi Bodeen
If you like sauerkraut, have you thought about making kimchi? It's an excellent winter food, and I think it really helps keep you healthy during the cold and flu season.
 
Bodeen! What a bodacious season end for you! Nice final harvests, and you have a winter's worth of jellies and powders ready to go! It is kind of a bummer pulling up the plants, but I'm ready for a little break, too. Of course the plants in the greenhouse will still need care. Will be interesting to see if they survive in there. It will be good to deal with a few plants rather than 50!

Hope you are getting settled in for the winter in good shape, bro.
 
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