I have previously reported on our window box’s bounty of two yellow tomatoes and two jalapeños. Well, we were terribly surprised recently, after a month of more or less neglecting the white-fly-and-aphid-ravaged plants, to find a late summer yield of a three, count-em, three(!), habañeros emerging! We have already picked one, a bit before its time (it was still pale celadon in color), and it had plenty of heat. We know this because the Hubs brazenly took a small bite of it–and paid the price. The part he didn’t chomp I minced fine and tossed it with some fresh tomatoes and green onions to make a lazy-man’s salsa to go on some burritos we made for dinner one night.
We have should have a few more days this week before the mercury falls below 70, so I will let the little hotties hang on until then. Stay tuned to find what fate awaits the two remaining peppers!
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