Mainly for my friend the Extreme Chili Guy, Chris Fowler, who reportedly maintains a collection of over 1,000 chilis in South Wales, here’s an album of pictures from a little exhibition showing off the diversity of chilis at Chelsea Physic Garden this autumn!
Explosive Ember
Gelbe Kirschen (Yellow cherries)
Spaghetti
Volcano
Purple Tiger
Fish (variegated leaves)
Elephant’s Trunk
Umbrella
Cherry Bomb
Jamaican Hot
Carolina Reaper (renowned as the world’s hottest in 2013)….and I used some of this in ny dinner two nights ago…but it was a bit disappointing. Do they lost a lot of their strength after drying and storing – mine was about 2 years old
I’ve sowed 104 new perennial edibles , mostly Alliums… They will spend the rest of the winter outside under my cold frame and hopefully germinate in the spring! More information with the pictures on how I do this!
Seed trays made of recycled milk cartons, one side cut away, holes punched in the bottom for drainage, and the ends stapled together…labels made from sour cream / yogurt pots…I’m careful not to put the same plant family together in the sow trays as the seed sometimes wander a bit.The cold frame which is covered with enviromesh which allows moisture through but keeps birch seed and rodents out…heavy deep snow needs to be removed.
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
