This year our porch garden had 5 pots of various peppers: jalapeño, red chili, habanero, serrano, & ancho. We used about 40 of our red chilies to make chili garlic sauce and had well over 60 more peppers to use! Many peppers were used fresh throughout the summer but whatever was left at the end…
Chili Garlic Sauce
Chicago’s fall came quick and is already on its way out. Naturally with cold weather moving in our garden has been fading away. A couple of weeks ago, Joe & I harvested all of our red chilies to make a garlic chili paste. This would be our first time making a chili paste and our…
Garden Update
A lot has happened in the garden since the last post in July. We are now at the beginning of September and the air is already starting to feel like fall. What a strange summer it has been here in Chicago and I’m assuming in most places. It has been unseasonably cool with about a…