Storing Chillies

For those of you that are looking to keep your chilli peppers over a longer period here are some ideas to help you store chillies so you get the most from this years chilli harvest.

• Put them in a zip lock bag and freeze them whole
• Dry your chilli's and grind them down in to a home made chilli powder
• Pickle them in vinegar - try Jalapeno's pickled in vinegar, they taste great!
• Put them in the fridge

These are just a few little ideas and definitely the most common way of storing chillies, if you have any weird and wonderful ways of storing chillies then leave a comment!

As the chilli growing season comes to an end....

Well this year has been a real learning curve for me in terms of growing chilli peppers and other veggies, I have grown some really tasty chilli peppers this year and I really look forward to growing again next season, however I am down sizing my property and moving in to an apartment so won't have as much room to grow, however we will have a nice south facing balcony so there will be room for a few plants, not sure what types yet but I think some rather small ones, Apache and Scotch Bonnet chilli peppers are definitely going to be on my grow list next season!

I have harvested about 50 chilli's this and they have all been very nice, especially the red Jalapeno's. Here is a picture of a handful of my red chilli peppers that I have left to ripen. I am not sure what the big ones are, I know I didn't order any large types.