WalkGood 2013, 2014 and Beyond

This is my first Glog so excuse what ever mess I may create, lol. Took way to many pictures today (31), so Ill post the first 9 and add more in subsiquent posts but didn't think it a good idea to start out doube or triple posting just for additional pics. I will also be updating the thread over time to show growth, pods and such ... but the first few pics of are of the young ones. While Ive been growing my favorite peppers for around 17 years (guess, lol), I always limited myself to 3 varieties or less. Jamaican peppers/Hab, Jalapeño and Cayenne. When things got too tuff Id milk them till they died off and stop growing for a while and start fresh. Most years I only grew the Jamaicans which are my favorite for cooking, home made sauce and the occasional powder to rub meats with or put into certain recipes.

Current inventory:

• 5 Jalapeño
• 1 Cayenne
• 1 Serrano
• 7 Datil
• 15 Jamaican Habs (3 large around 3 years old and 12 less than year old)
• 12 more to be determined

The young ones below are not that old with the oldest being the JA Habs which are around 3 years old now. I happen to find THP site while looking for advice/knowledge to cure one of my Jalapeños, thanks for all the good info guys/girls! In 2012 I added Datil, Thai hot, Cayenne, Jalapeño and Serrano to the mix, totaling around 41 plants now. Hats off \o_ to those of you who grow many more, dont know how you find the time and patients when things go off. That said, Ive done my fair share of battling aphids, nematodes, snails and white fly to no end over the last 3 years. Fortunately I believe to have things under control for now so Ive decided to add 12 new peppers to the mix from the listed seeds shown below.

Ill select 12 to start near end of December or first week in January from the seeds below and give credit once I get some new ones going

Need to start clearing our yard to grow more & more & more peppers (*WG rollseyes*)

Top left to right: two Thai Hot and one Cayenne. Bottom row all Datil. BTW I don't grow everything in clay pots, just happen to get a good deal on a bunch in yard sale for a few bucks.

Huge live Oak in background, there's 5 of them in front yard so the shades hard to avoid in first few hours of sun rise.

8 Jamaican Habs in ground and cherry tomatoe in the pot, I need to find a good place to plant the tomatoe soon.

Top left Serrano and more Datil, I'm probably going to gift a few Datils for xmass and some of the other peppers

Serrano's first fower

Serrano's different angle

Edit: final list copied to first post from post #40. These seeds were soaked in water on 12/31/12 and planted 1/1/13 \o/

Edit: This list is constantly being updated as new hooks pop. Even though I lost #5 :/ I will not give up as there are 2 other seeds in dat egg mon ....

A few links to some of my better posts

• Ramons Spiked Cooking Sherry & Rum in cooking with fire!
• Green Mango Salsa in cooking with fire!
• Sofrito Starter in cooking with fire!
• Philippine Tomato Salad in cooking with fire!
• Caribbean Island Soy in cooking with fire!
• Adventure before you read the Tres Alarmas Sauce recipe, Click Here
• WalkGood Tres Alarmas Caribbean MoA Sauce (Salsa Picante) a must try IMHO
• White Bhut Jolokia Jerk Sauce

Did you say powder?

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• Caribbean Mellow Yellow
• Click Here
• 
  Strawberry Hill Salt
• Click Here
• Peach MoA Pixie Dust
• 
  Tally Mon Powder (MoA & Nana powder)

Did you say MoA?

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Black light night shots & horn worms

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Reviews and taste impressions in no order

• Jamisons Pecan Smoked Scotch Bonnet Powder Review
• SETEV954 TFM Scotch Bonnet Powder Review
• romy6 Pepper Powder Blend Review
• Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture Scotch Bonnet Review (MoA)
• Chocolate Scorpion Review
• Red Lantern Infused Salt Review
• Trinidad Scorpion Review
• White Bhut taste
• Red Bhut taste impression, possibly a "Not"
• Yellow 7 taste impressions
• Peach Bhut Jolokia Review

 

[Devv]

Pork plate looks to die for Ramon!
 
I see you kicked it up a notch too!

 

[PeriPeri]

Oh man oh man oh man - now that is exactly what I am talking about chilli with some rice and pork. You are the fire starter my friend!

 

[WalkGood]

+1 on that! I'll be right there next to him on the picket line... a bedbug crazy Irishman tending the fire in the oil drum out front of your place. If you're gonna picket, you hafta have people standing around the oil drum fire warming their hands.
 
I hear ya about not having much free time about now brother... cold and flu season has started here and I'm finding myself doing a lot of fill-ins at work as well as getting ready for the holidays. I hope you and your family have a great holiday season, and we see ya around the campus when you can make it... we'd miss your friendly presence and incredible pics...  Cheers!

 
Rick tanks for da glog chili brethren love mon, dat oil drum sounds like it would be great for some pan chicken, hehehe.
 
Time or money, I’d take time if we only had mas time to do all the things we love ...
 
Hab awesome holidays mon!
 
 

Darn it...I should have known that you'd post some amazing food pics again , and I haven't had breakfast yet!!
 
That sauce on the shops looks good too, think I might be afraid of it though..
 

 
Thanks Penny, the sauce is just right … one is hab sauce and the other is MoA sauce and when you cook it on top of the meat the last 5 minutes or so it gives them a super nice flavor but neither is as hot as the supers.
 
Hab awesome holidays!
 
 

 
Nice pork loin do there, bud!
What is in the sauces?

 
The yellow is my MoA sauce, if you look at the bottom of my first post there are hot links to that post and other good posts in my glog, it truly is an awesome tasting sauce. I’m not sure if I ever posted my Hab sauce recipe but it’s a standard Hab one with a little personal twist, nothing special but we love it.
 
Thanks for the pork pepper lovin kudos mon and I wish you & yours an awesome holiday!
 
 

 
Pork plate looks to die for Ramon!
 
I see you kicked it up a notch too!

 
Scott, thanks for the foodie kudos mon, it tasted great but not as hot as one would think or I’ve become mas immune to da burn, lol.
 
I hope you & LB Hab an awesome holiday!!!
 
 

 
Oh man oh man oh man - now that is exactly what I am talking about chilli with some rice and pork. You are the fire starter my friend!

 
Thanks Lournes ^_^ I hope you & Caroline hab awesome holidays!!!
 
 
Thanks all for stopping in commenting and sharing your thoughts, it’s been one wild ride dis year and I wish all fantastic holidays!!! Hab an awesome new year too!!!

 

[Penny]

Cool thanks, it sure looked yummy!!

 

[PeriPeri]

You too my friend! Have a peaceful holiday, a Merry Christmas and an awesome New Year!

 

[Devv]

Yes Ramon, have a fantastic Christmas time and a safe and Happy New Year!

 

[Penny]

You as well.....Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.

 

[annie57]

Dang, Ramon . . . the foodage ! So right about adding a little sauce near end of meat cook! (Of course was asked, particularly by wimp bros, what I did to turkey at T-giving. Me? Brined in salt a-cider solution with hot pepper powder, injected with sauce, rubbed with powder . . . but was not over-hot, imo.)
 
You can't leave us and I won't let you! Seriously Ramon, I know folks got to do what they got to do but please come back as soon as you can. Please!
 
Much love to you and your family this season and all through year, mi hermano!

 

[WalkGood]

Hat’s off to Annie for a wonderful box of pepper love she sent me, you are da best muchacha \o_
 
Da sauces are truly wonderful and the powder blends are finely ground with excellent consistency ...
¡Gracias!
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

[Penny]

Another great gift from Annie....keep you toasty for sure.

 

[Devv]

Just can't beat the pepper love here!
 
Annie's the best!

 

[WalkGood]

Thanks Penny & Scott for posting and I completely agree ... Annie is wonderful for sure
 
Received some pepper powder love from Jeff, nice powders mon the grind is super fine grain, excellent job hat’s off mon \o_
 

 
Baby girls growing quickly but a bit leggy ... not for long as the transplants are out in da wind, sun & rain now ... some Jigsaw (Dale), BOC (Annie), Peach Bhut (Annie), White 7-pot (Stefan), White Fatalli (Stefan), Brain (Shane), Ft. Laud Farmers Market Scotch Bonnet (Steve) and MoA 2nd gen from my plants. I ran out of 3 gallon pots and will have to pick some up before next weekend but was able to up-pot some 15 plants ... I have 6 new 15 gallon pots, the best of the best will make dat jump or I'll have to buy more.

 

 

 
Rasta inspired wiring for Everglades mater

 

 

 

 
Small harvest ...

 
Hab happy holidays everyone \o/
 
 
 
 

 

[Devv]

Nice update Ramon!
 
Glad to see you're still in the game.
 
Those lovely young ladies will treat you with mas poddage!
 
Have a great week!

 

[WalkGood]

Nice update Ramon!
 
Glad to see you're still in the game.
 
Those lovely young ladies will treat you with mas poddage!
 
Have a great week!

Thanks Scott, yea I'll be growing but no 2014 glog as 14 will be very busy for work and family, hope to get back in da game in 15 but only time will tell. I agree, can't wait for mas poddage ^_^
 

 

[Devv]

I know, the glogs take up a lot of time. This year it's been a great stress reliever for me, job's driving nuts...less than 5 years...I keep telling myself..
 
Take care and don't work too hard!

 

[PaulG]

Very nice, Ramon, a little heat in December!  Is that a Scotch
Bonnet MoA in the photo above the 'small harvest' pic??

 

[WalkGood]

I know, the glogs take up a lot of time. This year it's been a great stress reliever for me, job's driving nuts...less than 5 years...I keep telling myself..
 
Take care and don't work too hard!

I agree it does relieve stress for me too but I'm working much more now and a few things will suffer unfortunately that includes the plants too :|
 

Very nice, Ramon, a little heat in December!  Is that a Scotch
Bonnet MoA in the photo above the 'small harvest' pic??

Thanks Paul, I'm still getting pods just not as many and they're smaller too. That said, we haven't had any serious cold fronts and the weather is awesome with a little rain here and there but plenty of sun. Yes that's a MoA in the photo, I actually got a few more but I already processed into a sofrito starter ...
 
Hope you guys have awesome holidays!!!

 

[Jamison]

Talk about mouth watering grilled deliciousness! Wow that pork looked to die for, and spicy too! Plants are looking happy. I'd love to be able to grow all year. I'm planting another round of JA Habs this year. Certainly a pepper I will grow every year. Gonna have another fantastic year ahead of you mon!

 

[stc3248]

Mmmm...mmmm...I just threw some of that Bevo/Squealer on my venison. Match made in heaven! 
 
"I'll be growing but no 2014 glog" Boooooo!!!!! Gotta promise to pop in when you can brudda...I know about busy, and I feel ya. Place wouldn't be the same without you around spreadin the love and positive vibes!!!

 

[Durham Bull]

Ramon,
 
Have a Merry Christmas & a happy 2014!!!