the last of the peppers (probably)
Dec. 5th, 2014 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingSince I wrote about my peppers a couple days ago for the December Talking Meme, I figured it's time to post my latest set of photos. :-)
This is probably my last pepper photo post of the year. I picked my two remaining peppers on Nov. 25, stuck them in a plastic container, and carted them down to NJ where I was visiting my parents for Thanksgiving. (My mom has been very skeptical about growing peppers from seed -- she thinks I should buy pre-sprouted seedlings -- so I wanted to prove to her that even if they were small, they were ACTUALFAX PEPPERS, so there.)
my last two peppers, on Nov. 23
my last two peppers, on Nov. 25
peppers picked, noon-ish Nov. 25
I brought them back home and on Dec. 3rd, I chopped them both up. The green one went immediately into a veggie-and-cheese scramble. The red one got frozen for two days, and tonight joined some onion in a frying pan with a bit of salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and became a nice vegetable side to the last of my leftover Thanksgiving turkey. (The bread in both photos is half a steak roll. I find steak rolls very versatile as a carbohydrate.)
ripened pepper, chopped and ready to freeze for later use
mostly unripened pepper, chopped for immediate use
scrambled eggs with pepper, onion, and cheddar cheese, Dec. 3
leftover Thanksgiving turkey with a fried pepper-and-onion side, Dec. 5
I will probably toss my remaining three pepper plants into the garden patch fairly soon. There is no point keeping them around anymore, and one of the problems with gardening in the Fall Creek neighborhood is that a bunch of the local soil is landfill made of sludgy 19th century industrial waste. Upstairs Neighbor E has said she wants to try doing something with the garden plot next spring, and I figure a bit of nice potting soil and some decaying plant matter cannot possibly hurt her chances of getting healthy plants out of our shared backyard.
I'm keeping Mom's pepper, though. It has been tenacious beyond my wildest expectations, and I am curious what it may do over the winter.
This is probably my last pepper photo post of the year. I picked my two remaining peppers on Nov. 25, stuck them in a plastic container, and carted them down to NJ where I was visiting my parents for Thanksgiving. (My mom has been very skeptical about growing peppers from seed -- she thinks I should buy pre-sprouted seedlings -- so I wanted to prove to her that even if they were small, they were ACTUALFAX PEPPERS, so there.)
my last two peppers, on Nov. 23
my last two peppers, on Nov. 25
peppers picked, noon-ish Nov. 25
I brought them back home and on Dec. 3rd, I chopped them both up. The green one went immediately into a veggie-and-cheese scramble. The red one got frozen for two days, and tonight joined some onion in a frying pan with a bit of salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and became a nice vegetable side to the last of my leftover Thanksgiving turkey. (The bread in both photos is half a steak roll. I find steak rolls very versatile as a carbohydrate.)
ripened pepper, chopped and ready to freeze for later use
mostly unripened pepper, chopped for immediate use
scrambled eggs with pepper, onion, and cheddar cheese, Dec. 3
leftover Thanksgiving turkey with a fried pepper-and-onion side, Dec. 5
I will probably toss my remaining three pepper plants into the garden patch fairly soon. There is no point keeping them around anymore, and one of the problems with gardening in the Fall Creek neighborhood is that a bunch of the local soil is landfill made of sludgy 19th century industrial waste. Upstairs Neighbor E has said she wants to try doing something with the garden plot next spring, and I figure a bit of nice potting soil and some decaying plant matter cannot possibly hurt her chances of getting healthy plants out of our shared backyard.
I'm keeping Mom's pepper, though. It has been tenacious beyond my wildest expectations, and I am curious what it may do over the winter.
