BANANARAMA! Harvest Update July 31, 2012

30 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by PEPPERMEISTER! in Harvest, Just showing off, Recipes

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chile, gardening, humor, organic, peppers, spicy

Hot Banana Chile

I was able to put together my first real harvest of the season this morning. I decided it was time to pick (and pickle) my banana peppers. I had 3 nice big ripe Bananarama Hybrids and 5 Hot Banana Peppers ready to be sliced and bathed in vinegar, garlic, peppercorns and pickling salt.

I used a “cold-canning” method that was shared with me by a Wisconsin chile head named Bruce (esox07 from GardenWeb). I simply filled the sanitized jars with fresh pepper slices, minced garlic, salt and a 3:1 Vinegar to Water mix. The result is crispy slices of sandwich heaven.

Stay tuned to PEPPERMEISTER! Next week I will be letting you know how you can be eligible to win a GrillPro Stainless Steel Pepper Roasting Rack!

Garden Update July 14, 2012

14 Saturday Jul 2012

Posted by PEPPERMEISTER! in Gardening Tips, Just showing off

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chiles, chilli, fertilizer, gardening, organic, peppers, spicy

The plants have really begun to take off over these last couple of weeks. All of my chile plants are in their final home for the rest of the summer and I think I can start bringing in some major harvests by the end of the month.

I’ve been using a combination of slow release and instant fertilizers this year and the results have been positive. For slow release, I’ve mixed in Fertrell Granular Organic Super Lawn and Garden right into my potting mix. For an instant boost, I add Fox Farm Big Bloom Liquid Plant Food Concentrate. The Fox Farm fertilizer is made from bat poop and pee, so it has to be good.

Here is a quick photo tour of the garden this summer. Click on any picture for a detailed view.