We have 'reloaded' so to speak after the highly challenging 2010/2011 season over spring/summer...
June 2 2011
...Angelica Organic Farm feels back on track and optimistic about the new, 2011 garlic season. :-)
Hoe, hoe, hoe...'Stackers' weeding the garlic beds.
Only another 6-7 months (and a couple more weedings) to go before the 2011 garlic harvest.
June 1 2011
May the Earth Divas and Weather Gods bestow us with abundant good garlic fortune.
Segue to HOT CHILLI...
We propagated a number of chilli bushes this season and they grew really beautifully, flowered and all, but with the cool summer, nothing seemed to be happening at the fruiting end of the deal. Then some little green/yellow/orange 'babies' miraculously started appearing about 6 weeks or so ago...
Semi-ripe Habaneros
Tim brought some home a couple of weeks ago and of course we wanted to check them out, so I added that orangey-coloured one above to my Bolognese that was bubbling away on the stove. We had no recollection off the top of our heads what the exact properties were meant to be of these little beauties but we thought we'd selected something a bit spicy. To be certain we got the flavour of our chilli, I made sure not to add any other chilli AND it was really just as well - ooohweee - you could see the beads of sweat on Tim's bald head within seconds of us chowing down at dinner! It was delicious but VERY spicy!
We recapped on our seed order...Habanero type chillies have a 'bonnet. shape and bear very spicy, shiny, golden orange fruit.
Fully ripe Habaneros
They look like mini-capsicums and are so cute don't you think? They're as if from a little girl's toy kitchen scene - there sweet, cute appearance belies their power within!.
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