It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The summer harvests are winding down here, I’m that’s not really a bad thing. I will miss tomatoes and eggplant the most, but we have had plenty of both this year and I can’t complain. I’m watering the fall crops of kale, collards, turnips, radishes and lettuce to keep them going until cooler weather and rain return. With any luck, we can feast on them in the months to come. We did get a little bit of rain last week, but not very much.
September harvest
tomatoes and peppers
Hot peppers are still ripening now, and I got a nice mix of the Aji types that included Sugar Rush Peach, Aji Rico, Aji Delight and Aji Dedo de Moca Yellow. We’ve had plenty of the hot ones, even if the sweet peppers have (again) been a disappointment.
hot peppers
I’ve been busy turning the hot peppers into various sauces. I made a couple using fresh green jalapenos, and the rest used fermented peppers. I got 1.5 pints of my Chili Garlic Sauce, and one each of Sugar Rush Peach and an Aji Mixed batch that including several different baccatum (Aji) peppers.
assorted hot sauces
Hot pepper Mojo is another one I’m trialing here this year, from Johnny’s Selected Seeds. The C. baccatum fruits are crunchy with a typical Aji flavor when fresh, and Johnny’s says they “dry into slightly hot, fragrant chile powder”. I have been drying the ones I’ve been getting, and hopefully they will be a good addition to my chile powder lineup. The guajillo peppers are my favorite for drying, with Aji Colorado being another tasty one when dried and ground up.
Mojo pepper
And in non-harvest news, the Downy woodpeckers have been visiting our new suet feeders lately. They seem to like them both, and other birds are occasionally feeding there too. I’ve been feeding the birds most of the summer, and they seem to be enjoying the banquet of feeds I put out for them. I enjoy watching them, so it is truly a win-win situation!
Downy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And please check out what everyone is harvesting!