The Jalapeno Deluge I typically plant about 10 jalapeno pepper plants. Half are “regular” and half are “giant”. I start getting them by the boatload in early August, and usually slice and pickle them. But sometimes, there’s not enough to…
Banana Peppers 2 – I Still Have Too Many
Previously, we talked about being overrun with peppers and what you can do with them. In the current summer of Covid, you can’t just simply dump them on your co-workers like you did every other year. And they are really…
Banana Peppers – What Can You Do With Them?
The pepper patch is in full swing. I have gotten to the point of picking a half bushel of each type every few days, then I am under the gun to figure out what to do with them. This week,…
Hot Pickled Cauliflower Recipe
This hot pickled cauliflower recipe is just like Bell-View hot pickled cauliflower you can buy in the store. It’s easy to make and great with hot peppers from your garden. You might also like this hot pepper relish recipe! A…
In the Kitchen – Okra, Cherry Tomatoes and Chilies for a Quick Snack
Well the garden has about six more weeks before the frost comes, so now are the golden days. Beautiful vine ripe tomatoes that you can pick, cut thick slices for salami-tomato sandwiches, and throw the rest away. But what about…
Tomato Raisins – Even Your Grandkids Will Eat Them
As you know, I’m an avid vegetable gardener. I grow what I like, and anything my wife, the lovely Denise, tells me to. One of the things we argue about every year is tiny tomatoes. Call them “cherry” or “grape”,…
Fun with Peppers – The Last Pick
Into the life of every pepper patch comes The Big Freeze. Sometimes it’s early, like a cruel early October frost. Sometimes it’s later. Sometimes you can forestall the inevitable by covering the plants. But it’s coming. And you cannot hide…
Pickled Peppers Stuffed with Sauerkraut Recipe
This pickled peppers stuffed with sauerkraut recipe is a great way to use banana peppers from your garden. The peppers and sauerkraut compliment each other well and the pickling brine is full of flavor. Plus a jar of these stuffed…
Fun with Peppers – Stuffed Banana Peppers
One of the more common peppers to be found in western Pennsylvania gardens is the the Hungarian wax, or what we call banana peppers. This is because they are long, yellow, and typically curved a bit resembling a banana. They…
Fun with Peppers – Cayennes
The most overlooked part of my pepper patch is the four cayenne plants on the end. They are scrawny compared to the rest of them, but they are in many ways the most powerful. No other pepper is hotter (in…