Bumper Crop!

The peppers are coming!

There are a ton of them, and they are just coming off the plants as soon as I touch them. At least they are making up in volume for what they lack in size. Take a look:

I know I have tried to explain to people that these peppers are tiny. I put a quarter in these pictures as a size reference so you can see just what I mean. I read that bell peppers don't grow as big here as they are in the store, but I'm getting so many of them, It's like getting two or three "regular" sized ones! Here's another look:

Now, these peppers are supposed to be red and orange (or maybe red and yellow, I can't remember, lol). They aren't managing to stay on the plant long enough to turn colors. I'm okay with that, because the trade off seems to be that that rot problem seems to be going away, too. 

The plants are full of more that are not quite ready. These are just two plants in two pots that are on the patio. I keep going back and forth about planting them in their own tub in the "garden", but they are doing so well as it is, I hate to mess with a good thing.

So what to do with all the bounty? Well, I chop them up and freeze them, of course! Then when I want them, I take them out and put them in spaghetti sauce, on pizza (frozen or homemade, they are great!), in meatloaf, with chicken... just anything really. They are really good. And as silly as it sounds, I can tell the difference in flavor.

Or maybe it's just more concentrated because they are so small, ha ha. Regardless, this growing stuff is cool! Still determined to do it without any real work though  ;-)

So there you go. Tomorrow (or later today maybe) - the Frankenbasil! Eeeeek!

Ha ha! Happy Friday everyone!

:)