HillBilly Jeff's 2014 Adventure - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 26, 2014

I forgot to add a pepper

OCD Chilehead · Aug 27, 2014

Very nice pull indeed Jeff. Nice fresh healthy pods. Are you making anything special with them? Is last pod a Reaper? Looks hot.

Thanks for sharing Jeff.

Have a great day.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 27, 2014

Right now everything is getting cleaned and stuck in the freezer. My plans are to make some sauce out of a lot of them and smoke and powder a lot more. I will leave some in the freezer for day to day cooking uses.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 27, 2014

Time to start some ferments. Hopefully I don't screw it up. Going to go the (drain the greek yogurt) route as it seems the simplest. Hope I get my salt part right and then after the ferment is done, I hope I don't screw up the sauce part.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 27, 2014

Bombs are getting ready for another picking. These are great stuffed.

Cristal is loaded.

Giant Thai Hybrid is doing well, but I think I still prefer the upright orange pods.

Spicegeist · Aug 27, 2014

Those Aji Cristals look nice :party:

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2014

Hopefully after work today it isn't raining so I can get some hoops installed on a raised bed or two.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2014

Ready for some more stuffing.

Devv · Aug 28, 2014

Nice haul Jeff!

Just treat the ferment like any other sauce and leave out the vinegar, of course test the PH. John posted he added coffee (a cup) and Bourbon (cup also) , I tried this and it knocked the lactic acid overtones.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2014

Got raised bed number one set for a frost cover and for an earlier start next season....two more beds to go.

Anyone know how far into the ground would I need to drive a rebar stake to do a row of hoops in the garden? Looking to set out my tomatoes sooner next season.

randyp · Aug 28, 2014

I like that setup Jeff.I have a feeling it's going to get colder sooner this year,the way things have been going.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2014

Just took a burgundy pod, diced it up with some baslamic vinegar, honey, onion, garlic, and sea salt. Got a nice color and taste and has some good heat. Really tempted to let it age a few days and then caramelize it in a spider.

TrentL · Aug 29, 2014

Looking good! Trying to catch up on blogs, been pressed for time lately and fallen way behind.

I like the hoops.

Hopefully next spring I'll have the energy to terrace off and have a frost cover option. This fall my plants are going to die on schedule as nature commands. Are we close to the same latitude or are you further south than me? (I'm roughly "kokomo" in latitude if you were to transplant me to Indiana.)

Just wondering if we might have a comparable frost date.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 29, 2014

TrentL said:
Looking good! Trying to catch up on blogs, been pressed for time lately and fallen way behind.

I like the hoops.

Hopefully next spring I'll have the energy to terrace off and have a frost cover option. This fall my plants are going to die on schedule as nature commands. Are we close to the same latitude or are you further south than me? (I'm roughly "kokomo" in latitude if you were to transplant me to Indiana.)

Just wondering if we might have a comparable frost date.

I am farther north than you. Just about an hour south of Lake Michigan.

PIC 1 · Aug 29, 2014

Great idea bending the pvc while its still warm out. I would think the dome will carry your plants through the end of November.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 29, 2014

Had a wonderful mustard habanero omelet today. Been around a year since I had one and it was as good as memory serves.
Ready to start making some sauce!!!

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 29, 2014

Love at first sting.

Loving it.

Finally some brown moruga pods.

Is this a normal ripening phase of peach scorpions? My other peach scorp never had pods shaped like these or colored up like these.

Devv · Aug 29, 2014

Jeff,

I used 1.5" PVC about 11"s long and hammered them in flush, then stuck the 3/4" inside. I would think rebar would have to go in deeper, because of it's diameter. Perhaps a 2' piece hammered in 18"s.

Also on the hoops you already setup, a horizontal piece wired in will really stiffen things up.

Example:

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 29, 2014

I like the idea of the bigger pvc hammered in. The only reason I mentioned rebar is cause I have quite a few stakes of them already. I am think 24-30 inches long.

Was thinking screwing in a furring strip from the top, but I think wiring in a pvc piece should work just as well.

Many thanks.

Devv · Aug 29, 2014

I wired mine in, and made it tight. This really added rigidity to the frame and taking it down was easier than using screws.

And yeah, the larger sized PVC worked great. We get some serious winds from the north in pre-spring, and they held perfectly. Cool thing is I had the material..packrat you know :shh: