Harvesting Ghost Peppers

The Ghost Peppers or Bhut Jolokia, look great!  The plants are loaded right now

 

Ghost Peppers ready for harvest. Now what do I do!

 

with green, orange and yes, red fruit.  As the pepper ripen they change

colors from green to orange to red.    I have been watching the plants

all summer  with a healthy respect for the unusual crop they bear.

This is the hottest pepper in the world and I have been eyeing them

from a distance,  they seem to carry a mystery about them!

I am just not sure what to do with these peppers!

Jalapenos can be as hot as 8,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units), habaneros

can be as hot as 350,000 SHU, with Ghost Peppers checking in at 1,000,000 SHU,

the hottest pepper in the world!

We have 2 Chipotle Peppers Sauces  and 3 Pepper Jams that we make here at the

winery with the jalapeno peppers that we grow on the farm. And those sauces range from

mildly hot to hot!  I use my habanero peppers in a tonic that ages with garlic, horseradish,

onions and vinegar that builds the immune system!  Wow, is it hot, but really good!

So what am I going to do with these Ghost Peppers?  They are ready for harvest.

Has anyone every used them?  I would be interested in hearing how you have used these peppers.

June Farm Tours

This has been a busy week!  We have hosted 2 farm tours in 7 days and our weather was drizzly for one tour group

and hot as can be for another!  Over all, everyone seemed to enjoy seeing the insectary plants in the farmscape, learning about

Beginning the tour

growing strawberries in grow towers, walking through the beginning stage of  the “The Secret Garden”, learning about High Brix Farming and, of course, no tour is complete until you eat on the pat

io!

The first tour was a group on vacation with World Wide Country Tours.  We had met them at the Jesse James Farm in Kearney

and rode the bus with them to the farm.   On the bus, we sampled farm crafted jams, sauces and jellies as we talked about the history

of our farm and the area.

In the Vineyard

Walking through the flower gardens with just enough rain to make us glad we were dining on the dry patio.AfQuiz winners scored 100%

ter the tour, ready for the test!