The Gardening Thread

[lt1fire]

I had though we had one of these threads but a search brought up nothing.?

Anyway doing up my garden some more and planting some crops is one of my work from home projects to tackle during my lunch breaks, after work etc.

Just replanted the green house. 3 tomato, 2 red bell peppers, 2 jalapeños, 1 ghost, 1 poblano, (my dragons breath pepper plants got lost somewhere in the mail) and three cilia to plants.

My plan for other crops in the garden is potatoes, onion, herbs, cucumber and squash.

I'll post more as that happens.

I had plans to build an out door BBQ center with a stone open but those may get shelved for next year.

 

[jfz80]

Nice greenhouse!

Not much here but some super hot peppers and a couple tomatoes in containers. The big garden is plowed and waiting to be tilled and planted. Now to find some plants for it.... Most places around here have been kinda slim pickings this season

 

[lt1fire]

Nice, I need to get some reapers next season also. I ordered some dragons breath but I think the COVID messed it up.

Yard and seating areas have fallen by the wayside here over the last few seasons, I've been too busy with work and as has Andrea, she just started her masters so I decided I need to kick my own ass into gear.

Got lots of plans for these areas over the next few months.

Our Apple, Pear, plum and Cherry trees are starting to blume.

 

[lt1fire]

We need to get an NC sign for the green house. We called it that two years ago when we first moved in due to the humidity in it.

There is the cilantro.

 

[fj40alex]

First attempt. PO had an organic garden here for 40 years. Another CoVID project

 

[GLTHFJ60]

@jfz80 got me hooked on pepper jelly last year, and that spiraled into gardening.

Started four superhot varieties the first week of Jan from seeds purchased from RareSeeds. They're doing well! Need some warmer weather for them to take off.

Have a few other things growing too, but they're baby still, not worthy of pictures.

 

[lt1fire]

@jfz80 got me hooked on pepper jelly last year, and that spiraled into gardening.

Started four superhot varieties the first week of Jan from seeds purchased from RareSeeds. They're doing well! Need some warmer weather for them to take off.

Have a few other things growing too, but they're baby still, not worthy of pictures.

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Nice... can you or @jfz80 explain what you use pepper jelly for? I tried a hot variety once and other than hotness it didn't have much taste (may have just been the brand). But what do you put it on, is it used more like a chutney?

Anyway I finally got through to customer service on my hot pepper order. Somehow my old address was put on it so they are sending it out again.
Got my Dragon's Breath on the way along with some Reapers and Moruga UV Chocolate. I generally use super hots to make tasty sauces, salsa or my hot guac. I may have to make a batch of jelly also.

 

[S4Cruiser]

Nice... can you or @jfz80 explain what you use pepper jelly for? I tried a hot variety once and other than hotness it didn't have much taste (may have just been the brand). But what do you put it on, is it used more like a chutney?

I eat pepper jelly with some cream cheese and crackers. Ala horderves for the fancy and snack for us regular Joes. The stuff @GLTHFJ60 made was on point and I will be attempting to replicate this year. I was lucky enough to get 4 of his rareseed pepper plants for the garden!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

It's pepper jelly made with super hot peppers. Crackers and cream cheese are probably ideal, but I like to put it on toast, bagels, anything that you'd put normal grape jelly on, just sub pepper jelly. Jalapeno, habanero, ghost, reaper, whichever, you can change the heat level with how many peppers you put in.

 

[lt1fire]

That's what I had imagined when I had it, i put it on toast.. but the idea of adding heat to my bread just doesn't appeal to me and the scorpion jelly I got from the local farmers market was just hot, with no actual flavor, which is just bland to me to me. This could just be a bad one I tried though, maybe next time i'm back in NC i'll try some of the stuff ONSC members make.
Thought I may have been doing it wrong so I asked. I could see using it as a base for some good hot chutney though.

I'll try crackers and cream cheese that may work better.

For now i'll use my super hots to make my home made sauces and salsa.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I mean if you don't like it, you don't like it, but I sure as heck do. Always make a ton every time around and give it away as gifts. Always a smash hit.

 

[jfz80]

I’ve never been upset with it on a burger

or baguette with Brie and apple/pear

but yeah cracker or toasted Eng muffin with cream cheese satisfies breakfast thru 4th meal cravings.

 

[lt1fire]

I’ve never been upset with it on a burger

or baguette with Brie and apple/pear

but yeah cracker or toasted Eng muffin with cream cheese satisfies breakfast they 4th meal cravings.

Yeah I can see the cream cheese adding to the flavor of it, which is what I might have been missing.

I love hot stuff but i'm particular as to what I add it to. You know I don't like spicy beer as it ruins the flavor but I know that others love it.

Let me know when your next batch comes in and i'll order some off of you to give it a second try.

 

[S4Cruiser]

The stuff johnny made last year had heat but the flavor was what i liked the best. Even the ghost/reaper jelly wasn't hot hot but the flavor was super good.

 

[lt1fire]

The stuff johnny made last year had heat but the flavor was what i liked the best. Even the ghost/reaper jelly wasn't hot hot but the flavor was super good.

That's what i'm after... the stuff I tried was just heat and if all I wanted was just heat i'd just eat the pepper by itself.

@GLTHFJ60 let me know when you have one to buy off of you also.

 

[lt1fire]

Back to the gardening..... Small steps yesterday. Lots of weeding any putting down mulch in the front

 

[Rice]

13 Tomatoes (mostly for canning), 15 peppers (canning, sauces, and poppers), carrots, peas, beans, squash, potatoes, beets., and one garden puppy.

 

[S4Cruiser]

We’ve been doing some yard / gardening over the last few weeks. Spread 50 bails of pine straw, a couple yards of hardwood mulch and a bunch of new plants/grasses. Also got our garden going earlier this year with ~150 onions and recently some peppers, squash, zucchini, cukes and tomatoes. Spring is always a nice time of year seeing all the trees and seasonal plants coming out.

 

[lt1fire]

We’ve been doing some yard / gardening over the last few weeks. Spread 50 bails of pine straw, a couple yards of hardwood mulch and a bunch of new plants/grasses. Also got our garden going earlier this year with ~150 onions and recently some peppers, squash, zucchini, cukes and tomatoes. Spring is always a nice time of year seeing all the trees and seasonal plants coming out.

Ahh I didn't miss pine straw or needles..... Almost gave me a flashback. Every year when I'd visit my dad in NC in the 90s there would be a ton of those bundles waiting for me. It litterally took me 2 full days out of my few days I had visiting him to weed and then spread it all.

 

[S4Cruiser]

Ahh I didn't miss pine straw or needles..... Almost gave me a flashback. Every year when I'd visit my dad in NC in the 90s there would be a ton of those bundles waiting for me. It litterally took me 2 full days out of my few days I had visiting him to weed and they spread it all.

Spreading needles is like painting...seems fun at first but gets old FAST! Ha