[CH] Good Weather For Chiles and Chili
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Sat, 09 Oct 1999 15:35:15 -0500
Hello CHs-
I'd like to say how much I've enjoyed this list for the last 2 years.
Good folks, good fun, good food, good chile info. I mysteriously lost
about 80 messages this week in my mail box, so I'm not up on all the
news. bummer.
I'm celebrating the weather we're having here in west central
Texas. Cool nights and warm days. My plants have kicked into overdrive
with flowers and new fruit sets. All the Tepins are setting new flowers
and fruit getting ready for a second wave. My Red Jamaicans all have
set 50 to 100 new fruits in the last two weeks, so I'm hoping for a late
frost (Doug, please use your influence to keep the freezer door shut
just a little.. bit.. longer).
With water rationing on, I've been taking advantage of every little
shower and pumping runoff water from the nearby school grounds to my
peppers. (They have a lot of concrete surfaces) I use a 60 gpm gas
powered centrifugal pump we use at work, and give everything a good
drink of rain water whenever it showers enough to run down in front of
the house. (I checked first to make sure they did not use any bug or
weed killers on the school yard.) My plants sure seem to like it better
than tap water. One of my tepin bushes is 6' tall.
I just finished cooking 25 gallons of chili for an 8th grade fund
raiser. Had to make it low-Chile chili (contradiction in terms?) but
will supply home-grown heat on the side. One lady came in to the Cert.
Kitchen I use while I was cooking and offered to donate 10 bucks to the
cause if I could make a bowl of chili her husband thought was "hot
enough". Seems he never found a bowl of red hot enough to make him
sweat. (..I was GOING to put those fresh hybrids and Red Jamaicans on
the dehy, ......but.....) The supper is tomorrow night, so we'll see.
Standard disclaimers and warnings will apply. (He..He..He..HeHe
....rubbing hands together with an evil chuckle....)
Calvin