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Cottonwoods against a perfect sky. Daytime temps in the mid-70s. Nights crisp but only one or two light frosts so far. Grilling up a batch of endangered silvery minnows (just kidding). We harvested green tomatoes, wrapped them in newspaper, and they’re ripening nicely. We’ve already voted, so we won’t get caught in the crowds tomorrow. Fall is definitely the best …
Some time this week I’ll have to spend an afternoon cleaning up the garden. Or what’s left of it. Growing chile peppers in Kentucky is always a battle against time. It seems like I’m either waiting impatiently for the spring threat of frost to pass (normally not until the week after the Kentucky Derby) or hoping desperately for a last …
Marco Budinis reports from Parma, Italy. It was field day at Azienda Agraria Sperimentale (Agricultural Experiment Station), and ornamental chile breeder Mario Dadomo was showing off the largest collection of ornamental chiles, or peperoncini, as he calls them, ever assembled. At left is a beautiful chile heart. Here is the field: And a nice basket of ornamentals:
Congratulations to Bon Bon Bakery and Chocolate of San Diego, Grand Prize (Tasting Division) Winner of the 2009 Scovie Awards Competition with their incredibly tasty Chile Verde Ganache with Sweet Corn! The Sweet Heat category has won the Grand Prize more than half the time in the 12 year history of the Scovie Awards. I was a table monitor and …
Harald, our European editor, reports: "I’m hugging a 396.4 kg (873 lb.) pumpkin, grown in Gluecksburg, northern Germany. It was voted most beautiful this year, and 8th place for weight. That’s a lot of pumpkin soup, and a hell of a carving job for Halloween, which has become increasingly popular over here the past couple of years."
