Pepper Report

Earlier in the week I posted about my purple peppers. Many of you wanted to know what they tasted like. Today I made a Greek salad for lunch using the purple peppers, along with tomatoes, cucumbers and basil from the garden. I added store bought onions, olives and avocado along with feta cheese, so I can’t say I grew my whole lunch.

The peppers were mild, with a similar taste to green peppers. They were only purple on the outside with a light green interior. There was nothing surprising or interesting about them other than color.

I harvested more peppers today and I pan roasted some mild ones for dinner tonight. I wish I knew what variety they were exactly, but it is something similar to shishito. They were yummy. With just a sprinkle of sea salt they are the perfect snack.

I also had plenty of jalapeños and another similar green pepper that Russ says are good with his eggs in the morning. I have habanero out there, but they are not ripe yet.

Report on the squirrel front is not good. I had three large tomatoes that were almost ripe that the squirts got to before I did. The frustrating thing is they left half carcasses in the green just to taunt me. Damn Squirrels.