OCD 2015

maximumcapsicum · May 24, 2015

Inspiring work on the sauce. I like the ratios that you used. I bet it's quite good.

OCD Chilehead · May 24, 2015

maximumcapsicum said:
Inspiring work on the sauce. I like the ratios that you used. I bet it's quite good.

The sauce came out quite good for my first attempt. Next time I will weigh the veggie ingredients. I started to do that this time and just went with volume measurements. A mango or carrot could have a different volume. Weight seems more accurate.

Hope your having a good weekend relaxing

stickman · May 25, 2015

Jaysus... you've been a busy guy Chuck! Lovin' the foodies, and the plants are looking excellent!

Keeping your plants watered while you're away at work is gonna be a challenge. The "plant nannies" Adam mentioned are best for houseplants... it'll be too hot and dry outside to use them if you're gonna be away for a week at a time. Maybe the gravity-fed water barrel will work, but for ease of installation and peace of mind I'd install a drip irrigation setup on a hose timer. Cheers!

OCD Chilehead · May 25, 2015

stickman said:
Jaysus... you've been a busy guy Chuck! Lovin' the foodies, and the plants are looking excellent!

Keeping your plants watered while you're away at work is gonna be a challenge. The "plant nannies" Adam mentioned are best for houseplants... it'll be too hot and dry outside to use them if you're gonna be away for a week at a time. Maybe the gravity-fed water barrel will work, but for ease of installation and peace of mind I'd install a drip irrigation setup on a hose timer. Cheers!

Thanks for your input Rick. I suppose the barrel would work in a off the grid Guerrilla garden. LOL. I have a couple of drip lines and timers. I think I'll do that. I built a nice little privacy area just outside my kitchen door. I think I'll keep the peppers there, it's close to water source and I can enjoy them while sipping my coffee I the morning.

Here is the 10 day forecast.
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beerbreath81 · May 27, 2015

Looks like you have been a busy over there Chuck, Oil, Powder, Sauce. Nice work on all!! Love the spatula your using on that sauce...fitting for the occasion.

. Good to hear that you got a call back from work. Still struggling with mother nature over hear on this side, rain, rain, rain. Last week i decided to just go for it. Mowed the rye down, tilled in, and set the plants out in the shade. This past weekend it rained quite a bit and had tornado warnings out this way, ground just doesnt have a chance to dry. Ive never been this late planting and havent started a single thing in the garden...yet. Last night I got a bunch of leaves spread in the garden and tilled them in, it was a muddy mess and bout got stuck a couple times but finished none the less. Tonight I hope to get it tilled one more time and get some peppers in the ground, and hopefully start some other veggies. Forcast looks pretty decent this week so Ill hope for the best. Luckly the wind hasnt been as bad this year cause I didnt get the fence installed like i wanted to, medical bills took precidence so have to postpone till next year.

Cheers!!

OCD Chilehead · May 27, 2015

beerbreath81 said:
Looks like you have been a busy over there Chuck, Oil, Powder, Sauce. Nice work on all!! Love the spatula your using on that sauce...fitting for the occasion. . Good to hear that you got a call back from work. Still struggling with mother nature over hear on this side, rain, rain, rain. Last week i decided to just go for it. Mowed the rye down, tilled in, and set the plants out in the shade. This past weekend it rained quite a bit and had tornado warnings out this way, ground just doesnt have a chance to dry. Ive never been this late planting and havent started a single thing in the garden...yet. Last night I got a bunch of leaves spread in the garden and tilled them in, it was a muddy mess and bout got stuck a couple times but finished none the less. Tonight I hope to get it tilled one more time and get some peppers in the ground, and hopefully start some other veggies. Forcast looks pretty decent this week so Ill hope for the best. Luckly the wind hasnt been as bad this year cause I didnt get the fence installed like i wanted to, medical bills took precidence so have to postpone till next year.

Cheers!!

Good to hear from you. Glad you got your tilling done. I hope a extended Spring turns into a extended Summer. Sorry to here about the bills. Nothing is forever. Things always get better.

Good luck with the garden.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

stc3248 · May 27, 2015

Just stopping in to comment so I see this in my content...will try to catch up later!

OCD Chilehead · May 29, 2015

stc3248 said:
Just stopping in to comment so I see this in my content...will try to catch up later!

Thanks Shane. Anytime.

OCD Chilehead · May 31, 2015

I have been busy lately. Trying to get my sh!t together. Going out of town tomorrow. I'll be back on the weekends. I had to take my travel trailer to rv park 110 miles away yesterday. Came back home to pack and heading back there tomorrow.

I decided to pot up some plants today. I was suppose to be resting, since I only got 4 hours sleep last night. Here's some pic's of my progress. Enjoy and have a great week y'all.

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I still have these to do when I return next week.
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Dinner!
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I saw this guy along my trip back from the RV park. Beautiful animal.
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This is going to be home for a month or two. Well that's it for pics. Gotta get back to the kitchen. Making more hot sauce for trip out of town.
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Well I just finished my second batch of sauce. Added 4 Jigsaw's. I cooked the onion and garlic first. It's been a long, but productive day. LOL

1 Whole white Onion
2 cloves of Garlic
2 Lime's
2 Carrot's
4 Tomatillo's
2 large Mango's
1 cup of white vinegar
1/2 cup of water
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger

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Roguejim · May 31, 2015

Tell us how the sauce tastes in a week or two.

OCD Chilehead · May 31, 2015

Roguejim said:
Tell us how the sauce tastes in a week or two.

Will do Jim. The last batch lasted only a week. This batch is hotter. I used the plastic ketchup bottle for my stay out of town. It won't last long, as I can't eat food without some heat. Come to think of it. The only thing I don't spice up is, dessert's and fish. I'm going to refine this process and post step by step recipe in sauce forum. I would like to start a sauce recipe only topic. For someone starting out there's a lot of topics to decipher, just to get a basic recipe to start with. I had to go and Google just to get started. Hardly anything out there using Super's. I modified a Scotch Bonnet recipe. I'm hooked on sauce making. I need to order some bottle's so I can make a large amount, for later use. Right now I refrigerate.

Thanks for stopping by.

Roguejim · May 31, 2015

OCD Chilehead said:
Will do Jim. The last batch lasted only a week. This batch is hotter. I used the plastic ketchup bottle for my stay out of town. It won't last long, as I can't eat food without some heat. Come to think of it. The only thing I don't spice up is, dessert's and fish. I'm going to refine this process and post step by step recipe in sauce forum. I would like to start a sauce recipe only topic. For someone starting out there's a lot of topics to decipher, just to get a basic recipe to start with. I had to go and Google just to get started. Hardly anything out there using Super's. I modified a Scotch Bonnet recipe. I'm hooked on sauce making. I need to order some bottle's so I can make a large amount, for later use. Right now I refrigerate.

Thanks for stopping by.

I think there is a sauce recipe sub-forum.

OCD Chilehead · May 31, 2015

I guess what I'm thinking is something along the way of, for example a " General hot sauce recipe Thread". A one place stop for recipes.

Sawyer · Jun 1, 2015

Everything's looking good over here, Chuck. Those SIP buckets should help with keeping things watered while you're away.

coachspencerxc · Jun 1, 2015

Sauce looks good.

bpwilly · Jun 1, 2015

Wow Chuck, Everything is really looking organized this year. I like how your doing the sauce thing. I have made a few, but time it seems like a whole new experience, even when it is a kind I have made several times. When you get comfortable, try one of the fermented sauces, as you will not need to add the vinegar to make it shelf stable, plus it does add a different flavor to them. I have only made a couple, so still a major newbie at that game.

There are a few hot sauces that use pineapple, etc that you might like on fish. I made one a few year back that used Bhuts, but the pineapple in it just seemed to want to be used on fish. Cant remember the ingredients right now, just recovering from having to reload my computer. Damn viruses!

I bet the peppers do fine while you are out working. Heck get at least one plant in your trailer so you can putz with it while you are on the road! Think small Thai or something along that line.

Take care

Trident chilli · Jun 2, 2015

Great update Chuck your plants are really pushing on ... Totally agree with bpwilly you should take a plant on your travels ... as for ingredients for hot sauces a collegue at work made a sauce based around black berries .. will have to get the recipe

OCD Chilehead · Jun 3, 2015

Sawyer said:
Everything's looking good over here, Chuck. Those SIP buckets should help with keeping things watered while you're away.

Thanks! They do work better than any other container I've used. It's hard to over water them. I have four 21gallon tote SIP's I need to plant up in this weekend. Last year I planted 2 plants per tote. This year I'm shooting for one per tote to see if I get a more productive result. Plants stay nice and healthy in the SIP's. Last year I tested SIP, plastic pots, smart pots, and raised beds. The SIP's did the best. I'm guessing the raised beds this year are going to take that title. This is the second year for the raised beds. When I went to turn them, they both had a abundance of worm activity.

coachspencerxc said:
Sauce looks good.

Taste even better. I'm going to try a Vinegar, salt, and pepper sauce next. A basic hot wing sauce.

bpwilly said:
Wow Chuck, Everything is really looking organized this year. I like how your doing the sauce thing. I have made a few, but time it seems like a whole new experience, even when it is a kind I have made several times. When you get comfortable, try one of the fermented sauces, as you will not need to add the vinegar to make it shelf stable, plus it does add a different flavor to them. I have only made a couple, so still a major newbie at that game.

There are a few hot sauces that use pineapple, etc that you might like on fish. I made one a few year back that used Bhuts, but the pineapple in it just seemed to want to be used on fish. Cant remember the ingredients right now, just recovering from having to reload my computer. Damn viruses!

I bet the peppers do fine while you are out working. Heck get at least one plant in your trailer so you can putz with it while you are on the road! Think small Thai or something along that line.

Take care

Thanks Bill. I was imagining a pineapple sauce. That's how I cook. I imagine ingredient's and what it will taste like. It works quite well for me. I make meals at home for me and the lady and I don't taste it until it hits the plate. Hardly ever fails. With the sauce, I found that by adding the peppers after I get a base works well. If not, I can only get a couple taste's before the heat hits you. I have a bunch of plastic spoons j use for taste test's. I was thinking of bringing a couple plants this weekend. I didn't want to bring last weekend do to possible transplant shock.

Trident chilli said:
Great update Chuck your plants are really pushing on ... Totally agree with bpwilly you should take a plant on your travels ... as for ingredients for hot sauces a collegue at work made a sauce based around black berries .. will have to get the recipe

Thank you sir. I will pick a couple plants this weekend. The good thing about being away for a week at a time, is that I don't sit there and watch them grow by the minute. LOL. I hope there doing well. Black berry sounds interesting. I grew up eating them in my backyard when I was a little one. Still brings back great memories.

Still trying to get use to being out of town. Trying to get a routine.

This is a pic of the field out back. Lots of deer in the morning and evening.
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Really enjoyed watching this bird eat dandelion seeds this evening. Better then TV.
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Spicegeist · Jun 3, 2015

OCD Chilehead said:
Really enjoyed watching this bird eat dandelion seeds this evening. Better then TV.

Wow, that's great! I didn't know birds did that, good to know.

OCD Chilehead · Jun 3, 2015

Spicegeist said:
Wow, that's great! I didn't know birds did that, good to know.

i didn't know that either. I wish I would have had my camera. Could have got a better shot.