this one, 22 Jul, covered most of the Western sky, I used the panorama feature to get most of it in:
This plant I overwintered in the house. Fruits were green turning to red. Now they turn black instead. If anything, they are hotter too:
They are small, but fiery. I made a little chicken burrito and chopped up one like this and my lips, tongue, and even my cheeks were tingling pretty good:
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Gardens so far are "Meh". Couple of things doing good, others slow or not so good.
Tater bed in the garden across the creek. With luck and a good harvest, we won't be buying any taters this fall/winter/spring.
And with the row cover over them. I went to our local metal store and got some 3/16" cold rolled round stock, had them cut the 20' sticks into thirds, stick an end in the ground, bend over, instant long lasting non-plastic hoops.
Hope this little one eats its fill of the damn grasshopper hatch we had this year.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
It was well used getting the chicken out between my teefers. I hate the damn dyed ones, but I can't find American made toothpicks anywhere and them dyed ones were all that's left in the house. Going to have to break down and buy some Chinese "Diamond Brand" ones, probably made out of wood used in the containment areas of a Nuke plant.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Can't remember the name, something my sister in SoCal was growing a couple of years back. I saved some seed from them, got them to grow. Dragon something, so if not from Thailand then probably in that area.
I can no longer find them, the Thai peppers I grew in the 90's looked like some of what they call ornamental peppers. Smaller and less pointy than those ones in you picture. Hotter than this black version too.
I was in University then, had a young classmate said he liked hot stuff. So I gave him some serranos and others, including the little Thai ones. He came to class one day and asked WTF did I do to him.
I'd warned him, to go easy with them. He, thinking they were just little fellas, put 5 of them in a skillet of stir fry!
Said he's eyes were watering and snot was running. I told him I love hot spicy stuff and usually only use one or two at most for a fry pan full of food.
Them Thais know their stuff when it comes to hot peppers!
Those ones in your pic look pretty close though. I'm going to see if I can find some seed or a starter plant at one of the nearby (within 100 miles) nurseries.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)