Harvested a few dozen pounds of peppers today!

My gardens are going nuts with production right now. Decided today was the day to harvest my first flush of Jalapeño peppers.

That's just shy of 40 lbs. Pile is about a foot tall on our dining room table. More views below.

I planted two rows of pepper plants this year, and this represents about 33% of the total planting. I like to experiment and I've found that planting your peppers 3 or 4 in a cluster gave me many more pounds per square foot than single plants and helps protect the fruits from sun scald, but more on that later as I get into my growing techniques.

The plan is to pickle 2 or 3 dozen jars of sliced peppers as I am a big fan of pickled peppers with EVERY meal. The bigger ones will be stuffed with cheddar and pepperjack cheese and frozen for later breading and deep frying. I do love me some cheese stuffed jalapeño peppers.

Oh, all of these peppers came from one $2 packet of pepper seeds. I expect to get an equal amount of peppers from the next flush of fruits. I may let them ripen fully and make chipotle in adobo sauce. I use it frequently in my cooking.

All this is leading up to something bigger.

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