tsurrie's 2017 glog

tsurrie · Aug 1, 2017

Devv said:
Wow! Just amazing what they did to the house. And I too am glad the weather was in your favor during the work!

Good to hear the plants are putting pods on too

Thank you. We're chilling out by the sea at the moment, having a well deserved vacation. The weather is hot and sunny. The wife and kids are asleep and I'm enjoying a cold one with cricket sounds and some live music from a bar far away. They are playing JJ Cale now and it sounds good but I'm too lazy to go see it from closer

Yup, not having a bad time at all.

Thanks for coming by and good luck.

PaulG · Aug 2, 2017

Beautiful remodel on your house, Uros! That will be a
real pleasure to relax in when it's all finished!

Your container plants look good - here's hoping for
some serious poddage for you as the season rolls on...

How's the weather holding for you?

tsurrie · Aug 2, 2017

PaulG said:
Beautiful remodel on your house, Uros! That will be a
real pleasure to relax in when it's all finished!

Your container plants look good - here's hoping for
some serious poddage for you as the season rolls on...

How's the weather holding for you?

Thank you Paul.

The work at the house is coming along just fine. After we get back from vacation we need to repaint the rooms and that's it for the inside. The outside will need a little more work but it's almost finished too.

The weather is holding for now but it's very hot. I hope my father will water the plants enough this week. It's the heat I'm worried about, they say that the temps tommorow can reach up to 40 C.

Take care Paul and thanks for stopping by.

Devv · Aug 3, 2017

Wow that's hot! Even for us here. That's everyday watering.

Good luck and enjoy that vacation!

tsurrie · Aug 9, 2017

Devv said:
Wow that's hot! Even for us here. That's everyday watering.

Good luck and enjoy that vacation!

Thank you. It was hot and now these days 30° feels like heaven

We're now back a couple of days doing some more work in the house.
Checked on the garden and beside weeds,
veggies are growing too.
Picked some giant cucumbers and zucchinis and then headed to the peppers/tomatoes area...

AS chili

Rocoto seems to love the garden so I'm planting them in the garden from now on

Rocoto pod

and as every year I forget something... this is the one I can't remember what could it be...

dark cherry tomato

Papeletto (very tasty)

some random tomatoes

also found a lot of Dragonfly cocoons around that old house, already hatched

this one was still there - beautiful animal but lousy photo

And for the end of the day, I tried one of those on the left.... those are supposed to be Chupetinhos, but they are crossed with something for sure. Very hot, much more than Chupetinho but similar taste.

Devv · Aug 9, 2017

The garden looks great Uros!

I just planted the second round of tomatoes today, a bit late, but vacations took over...LOL

It rained 4.5"s while we were away and the dragon flies are everywhere now. Cool pics of the cocoons, never have seen them before.

tsurrie · Aug 9, 2017

Devv said:
The garden looks great Uros!

I just planted the second round of tomatoes today, a bit late, but vacations took over...LOL

It rained 4.5"s while we were away and the dragon flies are everywhere now. Cool pics of the cocoons, never have seen them before.

Thank you. Vacation is a priority if you really really need it... I know I enjoyed last week, relaxed family week by the sea... Now another week is running by fast... A lot of things to take care of and maybe we'll go for a hike tomorrow or the day after, and then back to work on wednesday.

Hey, those cocoons are everywhere. Must be 20 or 30 of them. Look for some spots they can hang on close to the water.

stickman · Aug 13, 2017

tsurrie said:
Thank you. Vacation is a priority if you really really need it... I know I enjoyed last week, relaxed family week by the sea... Now another week is running by fast... A lot of things to take care of and maybe we'll go for a hike tomorrow or the day after, and then back to work on wednesday.

Hey, those cocoons are everywhere. Must be 20 or 30 of them. Look for some spots they can hang on close to the water.

Glad you had a relaxing vacation by the seaside Uros. Boy, those times just seem to fly by don't they...

Your place must be near a pond or stream to have so many Dragonfly larvae shedding their skins there. Y'know, around here they call them "Perch Bugs" and they make some of the best bait for Trout fishing.

Your garden's looking great! Will you be using any of those tomatoes to make hot sauce?

tsurrie · Aug 14, 2017

stickman said:
Glad you had a relaxing vacation by the seaside Uros. Boy, those times just seem to fly by don't they...

Your place must be near a pond or stream to have so many Dragonfly larvae shedding their skins there. Y'know, around here they call them "Perch Bugs" and they make some of the best bait for Trout fishing.

Your garden's looking great! Will you be using any of those tomatoes to make hot sauce?

Oh yes, the time flies by. I'm off to work (back to job) on wednesday, but I had a lot of work this last week here at home.

The larvae should not be hatched yet to use them for trouts, right?

Some of them tomatoes will surely end in a sauce, I'm planning to cook some by the end of the month. Those big juicy ones are the best for that.

Thanks for stopping by Rick.

Trident chilli · Aug 14, 2017

Great photography Uros ... glad you had a good break

tsurrie · Aug 14, 2017

Trident chilli said:
Great photography Uros ... glad you had a good break

Thank you John.

It seems like we are waiting for this summer break right since when the new years break ends, and vice versa

tsurrie · Aug 19, 2017

We took advantage the last day of vacation, grandparents took care of the kids...., and went for a little mountainbike tour. It was nice.....

Been picking a lot of tomatoes lately and my wife is doing tomato sauce for the winter. Also I will use them for hot sauce's later on....

Some random score...

We went fishing yesterday and tried the stick I bought for the older boy for his birthday...its Caperlan Essential 240 and it works well for a cheap rod.... so here's today lunch...

Peppers are ripening too.. been snacking on them for a while now and will post a pic or two soon.

tsurrie · Aug 21, 2017

the garden.... some cayenne

Habanero Orange (the pot on the garden)

I think this is Madame jeanette x Goronong

from the pots at home...
AS chili (need to pickle these, they're great pickled)

waiting for these to turn bright yellow (Fatalii)

stickman · Aug 21, 2017

tsurrie said:
We took advantage the last day of vacation, grandparents took care of the kids...., and went for a little mountainbike tour. It was nice.....

Been picking a lot of tomatoes lately and my wife is doing tomato sauce for the winter. Also I will use them for hot sauce's later on....

Some random score...

We went fishing yesterday and tried the stick I bought for the older boy for his birthday...its Caperlan Essential 240 and it works well for a cheap rod.... so here's today lunch...

Peppers are ripening too.. been snacking on them for a while now and will post a pic or two soon.

tsurrie said:
the garden.... some cayenne

Habanero Orange (the pot on the garden)

I think this is Madame jeanette x Goronong

from the pots at home...
AS chili (need to pickle these, they're great pickled)

waiting for these to turn bright yellow (Fatalii)

Great pastiche Uros! Fresh peppers, veggies and fruit, fresh-caught trout and great scenery are really hard to beat! Did you catch those trout on Perch Bugs?

Devv · Aug 21, 2017

Rick said it perfectly

Nice to see the harvests! Good for you!

Datil · Aug 22, 2017

Lovely colors! Great job on that roof :clap:

tsurrie · Aug 22, 2017

stickman said:
Great pastiche Uros! Fresh peppers, veggies and fruit, fresh-caught trout and great scenery are really hard to beat! Did you catch those trout on Perch Bugs?

Thank you Rick. Dragonflies are already flying if you know what I mean. I used sweet corn and they seem to like it.

Devv said:
Rick said it perfectly

Nice to see the harvests! Good for you!

Thank you Scott. They were neglected this summer, but they will produce some fruit nontheless.

Datil said:
Lovely colors! Great job on that roof

Thank you Fabrizio. The roof is holding and we're almost done with the interior too. Can't wait to focus on something else after all this.

PaulG · Aug 24, 2017

Welcome back, Uros! Your grow is looking good.
Seems like it fared pretty well in your absence.

Hope you get a chance to relax when the remodel is all done.
Then you can devote your time and energy to the peppers!

tsurrie · Aug 27, 2017

PaulG said:
Welcome back, Uros! Your grow is looking good.
Seems like it fared pretty well in your absence.

Hope you get a chance to relax when the remodel is all done.
Then you can devote your time and energy to the peppers!

Thank you Paul.

You're right..... I can't wait to focus on something else after all of this. The kids, the wife and the peppers also need my attention

And a lot of energy

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We went for a ride yesterday morning... another great mountain bike ride... wife needed a chill on the last uphill

Tried this one during the supper and it is very tasty with a nice kick in the throat - the flavor reminds me a bit of Scotch Bonnet.
Should be Madame Jeanette x Malaysian Goronong.... but I think this one has more Madame Jeannette in it that the other one.

That's it for today... the weather is beautiful today so we're going out to get some sun. Some rain on the forecast for tomorrow...

Have a nice Sunday y'all !!!

tsurrie · Sep 1, 2017

I've picked some plums yesterday... they're tasty and pretty much everything that was left growing among the fruit trees when the frost hit during the spring...

Also picked a bunch of kapijas and some others... they're so juicy and thick walled it's a pity I have to put about half of them in the freezer. But they will come handy during the winter...

Peppers in pots are ripening faster these days...
Scotch Bonnet was just starting to turn the other day

Habanero... i think this one is crossed with Adjoema, similar taste, similar heat

This one is much hotter and a lot more fruitier.. reminds me a bit of Jolokia, but more towards the habanero's.....

That's the one from two pics back.... it's delicious