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 via Skippy's Vegetable Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
 
This was my garden work for today. I spent a pleasant hour in the backyard this evening transplanting several trays of peppers and tomato seedlings. They have all grown up well, with the exception of the last two rows of tomatoes. They fried in the sun today since the plastic cover didn't cover them properly. I lost all of my New Girl seedlings. Oh well....
The transplanted seedlings are all out in the yard now. Its gotten so warm! Wonderful. Today was close to 80 degrees F!
I think I'll cover these freshly transplanted seedlings tomorrow to protect against the bright sunlight. (Not quite sure how to do this yet... Lattice, row cover, both?) Plus I'll activate my sprinklers about 10 am to give good soaking prior to the heat.
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At the last minute, I found a few more varieties of pepper seeds, bought some trays and quickly planted my pepper seeds on schedule - March 15. Same date as last year. . . .
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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers, seeds on 2008-03-18, 00:08:11
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You know when you hear a tiny tid-bit and swear you'll put 2 and 2 together later, much later, when you have time?
This is what went in one ear and got promptly filed: Pepper producers have discovered that cramming two to three times the amount of pepper plants into the same amount of space has improved the yields on each plant by almost double the normal amount.
Yup, I heard it and stashed it away in my 'mind file' for some further research. Yeah, that file waaaay at the back of my brain. . . .
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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2008-03-03, 00:25:04
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 A pepper is born
A quintuplet of peppers has sprouted in the nursery. Hurray! Already my mouth is watering at the thought of this one -- a red bell pepper -- growing up to offer the makings of a sizzling shish kebab cooked up on hubby's newly purchased grill. What is it with guys and grills? Michael was out on the deck Sunday night -- in cold February -- grilling a whole chicken on the new rotisserie gadget attachment thingy. We are envisioning all the wonderful garden-grown foods we'll be able to cook right on the grill this summer. I'd better start planting more grillable veggies. I grow it, he grills it. This is going to be good...
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Posted by Nickie Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2008-02-26, 06:22:37
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My latest article, How to Grow a Salsa Garden, has been posted at Suite101.
I have also written about how to make fresh salsa on this site.
Today I feel like I can almost taste those freshly harvested ripe tomatoes and zesty peppers.
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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2008-02-12, 07:11:03
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I have had a bumper crop of habeneros/jalapeno and anaheim peppers.... still more on the plants and it's Nov.9 in Portland, OR... amazing..
A friend suggested putting them on a cookie sheet in the deep freezer and them vacuum seal them with a food saver.... has anyone tried this? What are they like when thawed? Is there a better way to keep them?
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Gardenista got me thinking about my Chilli plants growing on the windowsill in the kitchen. I have five plants growing, and some Seeds from the store bought chilli peppers shown are germinating in a pot. . .
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-29, 18:20:14
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 The biggest chilli pepper plant growing on the kitchen windoswill by the radio. The Chilli plants love classic FM on the radio. Its hoping for a newer, more well lit kitchen to grow on.
I get to go to work now for thirteen hours, on my long day :)
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-27, 00:44:41
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How many peppers did I pick this summer? Plenty! So many that I didn't even bother to count them. These are just a few of the beauties I pulled during my last visit to the community garden. The dark ones are Purple Beauty bells, which look almost chocolate-colored to me. (Then again, I see many foods through chocolate-colored glasses.) The red one is a Buran heirloom pepper. . . .
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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-26, 00:35:49
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Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-25, 00:39:11
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Most of my jalapeño harvest is now chopped, grilled and frozen.
Capsicum
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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-25, 00:28:26
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Aren't these pretty? I gathered up all the red peppers I could find, and put them in the oven to dry. I just spread them out on a sheet pan and leave them in the oven with the light on, not the heating element. It works well enough on the thinner ones, but I'm skeptical whether the thick ones will dry before they rot. Time will tell. . . .
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Posted by Entangled Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-19, 18:06:19
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Posted by lavendergardener Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers, pumpkins, whimsy on 2007-10-18, 07:02:15
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As much as I like tomatoes, I think chile peppers are my true calling. Trying to grow them in northern Virginia was an exercise in frustration. There was never enough sun for them there on our wooded lot, and my impression is that they don't really like clay soil. I planted hot varieties, but was always disappointed in the heat level of the fruit. Ah, but this year, in central Virginia, where the garden is sunny and sandy, I got to fulfill my chile desires. And I only put in 17 plants! What was I thinking?. . .
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Posted by Entangled Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-15, 00:46:38
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With temperatures dropping it won't be long until the first killing frost strikes so the windowsills are being filled with plants I've brought in. The chillies here stand no chance of ripening red outside so I'll baby them a few...
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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-13, 06:03:35
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A cupboard full of sauces.
I bought 10 seeds of the Naga Jolokia (Bhut Jolokia, Ghost Chili, Naga Morich) which cost me a small fortune of 70 cents per seed including shipping from the Chili Pepper Institute of NMSU which is the only source for the seeds. . . .
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-12, 17:55:13
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Just as the Northern gardeners are preparing to pull out their pepper plants, I am planting my seeds. I had zero sweet peppers last season, as I came back from travel to find that feral chickens had wiped out my crop! This year they have an 80 pound rottweiler mix puppy to deal with! Yesterday I actually had to save a baby chicken from the clutches of his jaws. (He only released the chicken when I dropped the
ENTIRE bag of dog treats in front him, he wasn't giving up his fun for one or two treats...) Of course I quickly scooped back most of the treats once I had chucked the little chicken safely over the fence. . . .
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Posted by Nicole Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-07, 01:05:46
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 True pepper people fight often fight over which peppers are the hottest in the world. They hang out in hot pepper forums and they can give you the Scoville Units for just about any pepper that you can name. And every year there's always a new hot pepper tale about some guy living in an exotic location such as India, Thailand or Hoboken who grew the hottest peppers ever. . . .
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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-10-05, 00:26:17
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Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers, peppers on 2007-10-02, 00:46:34
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Medusa Peppers Medusa is putting on a spectacular color...
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Chilly Chili...
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Even my jalapeños and Hungarian wax peppers are turning red this year. The thinner skinned Hungarian wax and cayennes are drying nicely on a plate in my kitchen. The others I will clean and freeze soon for winter chili.
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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-09-14, 18:40:40
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 The garden is gifting me these brilliant jewels: sweet peppers in a showy display of shapes and colors. . . .
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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers, recipes on 2007-09-07, 18:24:02
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My Tatton Park bought Seeds have so far only had three germinated plants. Two Jalapeno pepper plants on the left, and a Friars Hat which is not photographed. . .
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If you guessed the jalapeno pepper (2,500-8,000 Scoville units) or tabasco pepper (30,000-50,000 Scoville units), you'd be wrong. A Jalapeno pepper. . .
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on Aug 21, 2007, 9:32AM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-08-22, 19:37:29
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 These poblano peppers are turning into one of my new favorite peppers. I never grew them before but I'm definitely going to grow them again.
Last year I tried Thai Dragon Peppers and they were awesome too, but my wife couldn't eat anything I made with them because of the heat. . . .
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Greengirl note to self:
Next time you grow peppers, please be judicious in your pruning. Do not take pity on poorly positioned blooms, even if they are the first to yield fruit. As examplified by this Wisconsin Lakes Bell, a petite pepper can quickly become a perplexing problem. . . .
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Posted by Jaime Chismar Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-08-10, 06:31:40
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 Buran (red), Purple Beauty, and Banana Peppers
Today's 100-degree Fahrenheit heat felt like something only a pepper could love. And they do. This was the colorful collection of capsicums I picked from our garden over the weekend. . . .
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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-08-10, 06:17:47
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The bell peppers are doing nicely - they are not very tall, but they are loaded. The picture isn't real clear, but you can see purple, yellow and green in this picture. . . .
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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-08-09, 06:56:22
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There's an irrefutable link between chili peppers and testosterone. It seems the hotter the chili becomes the greater the level of testosterone required to consume it.
It was never a rare occurrence during my school years to hear or witness the new boy being dared to bite into a jalapeno. Then the challengers would be marched into the Principal's office as the poor newbie was quickly dashed to the nurse's room, or hospital if it were really bad. . . .
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Bolivian Rainbow Pepper's first little purple bloom...
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on Aug 6, 2007, 1:05AM
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I guess I was just too impatient waiting for the red bell pepper. Another lesson - peppers take longer. I'm guessing that this will eventually turn red? It's the cutest thing in the garden this week. 
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-08-06, 00:07:40
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I've got to start collecting jalepeno pepper recipes. I'm thinking that canning a batch of pickled peppers would be good this year.
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Posted by weeder1 Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers, whimsy on 2007-07-28, 01:39:01
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I discovered a Jalapeno on my pepper plant yesterday! This happened accidentally while I was trying to break the death grips my Cantaloupe had on the Tomatoes. This little sickly pepper plant is right in between the two and it has looked so bad for so long that I've basically started ignoring it. You know, pretending like its not there, in the ground, being eaten by some bug I haven't learned about yet, or some fungus or bacteria I don't know exists, possibly infecting all my other plants...
Anyway, I was so thrilled I almost screamed when I discovered it. I had lost hope that this plant would produce any fruit at all and actually almost threw it away on several different occasions for fear it would spread whatever nastiness it has to my other thriving veggies and fruits. Look how cute it is!
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to peppers on 2007-07-21, 06:06:16
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 Qdoba had better watch out. My homemade poblano pesto is on it's way!
The poblano pepper plants that I started from seed are doing well. They're about 2 feet tall at this point and I'm very happy to report that they are starting to flower. Seems a little early for peppers to be doing anything but I'm not complaining. . . .
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