Cardiff Garden Blog

So I made my attempt to make salsa again. Only this time I didn't have the tomatillos to make salsa verde. They just weren't ready yet. The one tomatillo plant I had that produced the early harvest has died off so I am waiting for the other plants to start producing. So I ventured into the territory of red hearty roasted salsas.  Below you will see my ingredients. I did have to buy a few things mainly because my garden didn't readily have these items available. This includes; the onion, four roma tomatoes, and a can of corn.  Everything else you see on the counter below was grown in my back yard. Those ingredients include; fresno peppers, anaheim peppers,  cayenne peppers, serrano peppers, jalapeno peppers, a few tomatillos, a few chili peppers, cherry tomatoes, and garlic. I chopped all the peppers and tomatoes in half and gutted most of the seeds and insides and put them on a baking sheet with foil. Chopped half of the onion for the baking sheet and saved the

As you can see in the pics I've had to add another trellis pole to my grapevine. It's slowly extending it's reach across the alley to our neighbro's fence. Again I'm using old sunflower stalks which seem to be rather sturdy. As the vine grows across each pole it works to sure up the rigidity of the trellis itself. My goal is to have an archway of grapes growing. As of yet I haven't reaped any grapes from the vine. I started the vine about 3 1/2 years ago from a very small plant. I'm amazed at it's growth in the last year considering it really didn't take off in its early years.

I dunno if you like the spicy like I do. But in case you do here's a few of my Habanero peppers growing rather nicely. I've had limited success in the past with this type of pepper. This time I grew them in my alley box and they have been growing quite well.  I am going to wait a bit longer to harvest. Atleast until the color changes from a green to vibrant orange. Can't wait to add some to my own salsa for that kick that you need in any salsa. You know the sweats that come from eating spicy peppers.