wherein Liz pretends to garden

[edenfalling]

Back at the very end of April, my friend Susan visited me for the weekend, during which we participated in the Cayuga Wine Trail’s annual Wine & Herb event. This involves going to each winery in turn, where you get a small potted herb, a sample of a food that includes that herb, and some wine samples chosen to go with that food. We ended up with twelve plants, which we split evenly; I then gave three of mine to my mother since she cooks real food rather than living on frozen dinners and takeout. This left me with three tiny pepper plants: one generic bell pepper, one fancy Orange Blaze bell pepper, and one jalapeño.

I finally got around to potting them on June 9th and put them out on my back porch.



Only two survived the first week — the Orange Blaze got uprooted by something (or someone) and I was not able to save it. The jalapeño also got attacked twice, but the second time I tied it to a popsicle stick to keep it upright and it has since turned the corner and begun to grow. The bell pepper, meanwhile, had no problems whatsoever and is happy as a clam.





I have no idea what I’m going to do with the actual peppers, assuming either plant lives long enough to produce any. *ponders* Maybe I can make stir-fry? I used to make giant batches of chicken-and-vegetable stir-fry and freeze the leftovers for weeks…

(The peppers are on a table on my back deck, which I don't otherwise use; the table was left by a previous tenant. The cinderblock structure with the green roof is the house's attached garage, which belongs to Downstairs Neighbor S.)

Comments

[akatsuki210.livejournal.com]

Hmm, for the jalapenos you could make nachos. There's also such a thing as hot pepper jelly (my mother-in-law makes it and it's pretty good).

[edenfalling]

Nachos! Now there is an idea. Nachos are awesome. :-)

Making jelly sounds a bit beyond my level of cooking skill and committment, but I love that people will make jelly out of something as non-intuitive as hot peppers.