Well, I hate to say it but Winter is practically upon us here in northern Wisconsin. Two frost warnings have (thankfully) passed us by in the last week, but it's just a matter of another week or so before things will really cool down. And with the Bay of Green Bay a mile to the West, and Lake Michigan just a couple miles to the East, the unpredictable weather patterns mean a cautious approach is needed when thinking about one's precious pepper plants.
It's a nice time of year in many respects, the leaves will turn a gorgeous color of bronze, red and gold over the next two or three weeks, from the dirty brown and yellow colors we have at present. The Fall colors attract people to the area from all over the Midwest and beyond, signalling the last hoorah for our little tourist season here in Door County. By mid/end October, the place will be as dead as a doornail again, like the Marie Celeste.
But my little guys just ain't ready yet. It's their first season anywhere so what do they know about the cold weather in Wisconsin and when to expect its arrival? So like a sad old man hanging on to something from his youth, I'll be carrying them in and out of the house for the next few weeks, until they finish giving it up for daddy
(thank God we don't have neighbors)
But it's all worth it. I didn't plant much this year but what I did plant has really exceeded my expectations -
Tabasco is way behind schedule, but full of pods......
'Hotties' - whatever they are they're too hot to eat raw......
Curious, the contrast in size....these are first-picks and some are way ahead of others...
Nice hot relish in the pipeline I think.......
Kung Paos - a utility pepper but a great producer - third pick for some of these.....
Hurry up you little bastards...
The reason for my melancholia....Fall.
It'll soon be all white out there.
Ah well, the last round of pepper pics for the 2011 season. Back next year (hopefully) on a bigger scale.
Thanks for looking.
R ZE
It's a nice time of year in many respects, the leaves will turn a gorgeous color of bronze, red and gold over the next two or three weeks, from the dirty brown and yellow colors we have at present. The Fall colors attract people to the area from all over the Midwest and beyond, signalling the last hoorah for our little tourist season here in Door County. By mid/end October, the place will be as dead as a doornail again, like the Marie Celeste.
But my little guys just ain't ready yet. It's their first season anywhere so what do they know about the cold weather in Wisconsin and when to expect its arrival? So like a sad old man hanging on to something from his youth, I'll be carrying them in and out of the house for the next few weeks, until they finish giving it up for daddy
(thank God we don't have neighbors)But it's all worth it. I didn't plant much this year but what I did plant has really exceeded my expectations -
These 'Super Chilies' can barely stand under the weight of their own pods, 2 harvests this season also.....
Tabasco is way behind schedule, but full of pods......
'Hotties' - whatever they are they're too hot to eat raw......
Curious, the contrast in size....these are first-picks and some are way ahead of others...
Nice hot relish in the pipeline I think.......
Kung Paos - a utility pepper but a great producer - third pick for some of these.....
Hurry up you little bastards...
The reason for my melancholia....Fall.
It'll soon be all white out there.
Ah well, the last round of pepper pics for the 2011 season. Back next year (hopefully) on a bigger scale.
Thanks for looking.
R
ZE
