Pumpkin or Tomato?
Well it is a tomato, but it's a squash-sized tomato doing its best to *look* like a pumpkin.
All Hail the Mighty Brassica
A monster heatwave fried a lot of plants in my vegetable garden. While the cauliflower and broccoli leaves suffered burns, the head came through just fine.
Big Bowl of Beans
Last week's heat wave fried & dried the pole beans so fast the pods didn't have time to split. Now I've got a couple pounds of beans waiting for chili season.
Hot Sauce Batch 20 – Entry 2
2nd addition of peppers was a full pound split between Hidden Lake Hot and Culebra Negra (see photo). This should be more than enough to get a good ferment going before I pitch it to the barrel and add 10 - 15 pounds of fresh peppers over the next 10 weeks.
White Squill Flowering
Cleared an area behind the pond for a new succulent / dry garden last weekend. Came out today to find that two White Squill I forgot about are now flowering. Looks like two snakes coming up out of the ground.
Smoky September Sun
Ah, late summer. Triple digit heat, fires and a smoky orange sun. This fire burning is burning in the national forest about 40 miles south of here. Fingers crossed that it stays down there.
Hot Sauce Batch 20 – Entry 1
Batch 20 of my 6 month fermented hot sauce begins with 5oz of Hidden Lake Hot, a Cayenne/Thai cross, and 7oz of Culebra Negra, a Central American pepper I got from a friend.
The Hanging Gourd Garden Right Now
It's 2pm on a very hot September day and this is my gourd garden. The shade makes it 10 degrees cooler and the southerly breeze is perfect. Plus gourds! Building it is the best $10 investment I've made in a long time
Video: Attack of the Passion Fruit
I think my passion fruit is getting out of control. It just attacked me.
Watermelon Crime
Agents of the National Chicken Investigative Service (NCIS) inspecting a watermelon that was over-watered and left to burst. As water was involved, ducks are considered poultry of interest.
Pumpkin or Tomato?
Well it is a tomato, but it's a squash-sized tomato doing its best to *look* like a pumpkin.
All Hail the Mighty Brassica
A monster heatwave fried a lot of plants in my vegetable garden. While the cauliflower and broccoli leaves suffered burns, the head came through just fine.
Big Bowl of Beans
Last week's heat wave fried & dried the pole beans so fast the pods didn't have time to split. Now I've got a couple pounds of beans waiting for chili season.
Hot Sauce Batch 20 – Entry 2
2nd addition of peppers was a full pound split between Hidden Lake Hot and Culebra Negra (see photo). This should be more than enough to get a good ferment going before I pitch it to the barrel and add 10 - 15 pounds of fresh peppers over the next 10 weeks.
White Squill Flowering
Cleared an area behind the pond for a new succulent / dry garden last weekend. Came out today to find that two White Squill I forgot about are now flowering. Looks like two snakes coming up out of the ground.
Smoky September Sun
Ah, late summer. Triple digit heat, fires and a smoky orange sun. This fire burning is burning in the national forest about 40 miles south of here. Fingers crossed that it stays down there.
Hot Sauce Batch 20 – Entry 1
Batch 20 of my 6 month fermented hot sauce begins with 5oz of Hidden Lake Hot, a Cayenne/Thai cross, and 7oz of Culebra Negra, a Central American pepper I got from a friend.
The Hanging Gourd Garden Right Now
It's 2pm on a very hot September day and this is my gourd garden. The shade makes it 10 degrees cooler and the southerly breeze is perfect. Plus gourds! Building it is the best $10 investment I've made in a long time
Video: Attack of the Passion Fruit
I think my passion fruit is getting out of control. It just attacked me.
Watermelon Crime
Agents of the National Chicken Investigative Service (NCIS) inspecting a watermelon that was over-watered and left to burst. As water was involved, ducks are considered poultry of interest.