RickZieger 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2022 Started Barred Boar, Pork Chop, Solar Flare, Pineapple and carbon tomato plants today. Also the green pepper plants. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2022 I think you're a little early. It's still 30 below and 4 feet of snow here. 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2022 35 varieties of peppers this year, not counting the ones overwintered. Will be growing in 5 gallon buckets here at the house, and the rest of our vegetables are being planted at my in-laws property 1/4 mile away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2022 Great start of the season. Like Mark, it will be a while before we can start seeds here. DFD, can you elaborate on your uses of 35 different types of peppers? This will be our second year of reducing the vegetable garden and having two raspberry gardens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2022 Experimenting with flavors and preservation methods. Last year I mostly did hot peppers and made fermented hot sauces, along either drying for flakes and powder. Made habanero salt. This year I have more sweet and roasting type peppers. My wife and I picked some of the varieties because they looked cool from an ornamental standpoint, whether growing or ripened and on a plate. We have some form of pepper with nearly every meal. Some of this year's varieties: 3 varieties of jalapeños for yellow and orange rather than just red when ripened. (Smoke these for chipotle) A heatless habanero since I love the flavor but not everyone can handle that heat level. Some hatch chiles given to me by a patient, will harvest green or red for powder to make sauce(stuffed sopaipillas!) Cayenne for powder or flakes Tobago for jerk seasoning A couple of albino or cream colored peppers for white chili(father in law has a meat allergy from tick bite) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2022 Wow, you guys really plan ahead. We never plan for dinner until we take something out of the freezer to thaw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2022 Start my own plants because there is nothing close that has them. Besides that it lets me play in the dirt. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2022 DFD Thanks for taking the time to explain. You have a very impressive utilization of those 🌶. We make a bunch of frozen and canned items and get to enjoy them throughout the winter. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2022 First tomatoes have come up. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2022 Potted up and condensed the peppers today. Using bulk compost, pest moss, and perlite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2022 Nice. What's the small cup of dark liquid on each shelf? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2022 Red wine with a little dish soap as a gnat trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2022 I see. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2022 DFD, Great looking setup! Your pepper has a terrific root system already! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2022 Potted up and hardened off! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites