Recipe – Hot chilli & tomato jam
March 21, 2017
I got the idea to make a tomato jam for the first time, from a fellow PhD candidate at our faculty's launch event / cocktail function in February. I had a whole lot of huge, volunteer …
Chillies
Flavours of Mauritius – Flacq Food market & cooking demo
January 18, 2017
Last year for Easter my little family and I visited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Apart from a well deserved break, I was of course very excited to see the plants, tropical fruit, spices …
This week in the garden – Blossoms, new beds & a beauty
November 11, 2016
We've had a good week weather-wise. Pleasant days of cool mornings, hot around midday and the typical Highveld afternoon thunderstorms. The Vaal dam is still desperately under capacity and our water restrictions are still ongoing. …
Success growing sweet mini peppers from supermarket fruit
June 1, 2016
The mini sweet peppers I planted in December are doing great...some much better than others as you can see from the images below. I was inspired by a thread on Gardenweb's hot pepper forum to …
TheRainQueen’s 1st Annual International Hot Pepper Eating Challenge
February 1, 2016
The habaneros ripened just in time for me to host some local and international contenders for this prestigious contest, over a braai (bbq) of ribs, chicken, lamb and pork. We spent a wonderful afternoon taste …
It’s getting hot in here: Habaneros ripening
January 20, 2016
Finally the chillies on my little habanero are ripening. It feels like the fruit were full sized and green for over two months. It was quite frustrating watching my other peppers put out crop after …
Looking for some hot stuff: Chilli salsa recipe
January 16, 2016
I love hot, spicy food and of course growing lots of different types of chillies. Once of the easiest ways to use & store my hot pepper crops is with a simple salsa. This is …
My 1st Bonsai Chilli (BonChi)
January 7, 2016
My first post of the year is about my first chilli bonsai project. This is also my first post since the blog turned one in late December. I'm so happy my garden projects and the …
Many surprises in the summer garden
December 14, 2015
This afternoon was a very fruitful one in the front garden. Yesterday my father-in-law and our groundsman finished a small project to fence off a large strip of the front garden to keep the dogs …
Crazy for capsicums
December 3, 2015
I'm currently obsessed with chillies. There's no other way to describe what's going on in my garden and my head right now. I started out with a few capsicums in this garden last year and …