The Hanging Garden(ing)

Just harvested the Trinidad Maruga Scorpions


Now to find a sauce recipe

Just been wintering the chillies.
Got one more scorpion to turn red & a few of the tuzes piros, then they can go to the basement.
Had a "whopping" harvest of 2 (two) Dorset Naga. Hopefull next year they'll do better as I'll get them out earlier

Carefully.. 
The Nagas will be (with the scorpions) made into a hot sauce. Good for a kick when combined with melted butter & poured onto buffalo tenders.
The tuzes piros serve as a good substitute for Asian chillies, so Thai, Chinese, Indian & Nepalese etc. will be grateful recipients.
While the jalapeños, & habeneros will be perfect for Mexican stuff. 

There are still a few downed trees lying around after the "surprisingly intense" tropical storm we had Tuesday. Some were ripped up by the roots.

This has been my favorite neighborhood tree for many years. She survived hurricanes Sandy and Irene but Tuesday saw her take some serious damage. I saw the trimming guys cleaning up and they assured me she'll be OK.

Now that we have some small, private outdoor space for the first time I bought this boxwood for the back space. I have named it Herman Cornejo. I'm excited to have something to prune.

Been going over the front garden at the house I look after
Last year it was all a bit of a rush & I put in stuff that didn't survive the winter. This time I'm going with year-round stuff
Before


After


Lavender, pyracantha, 3 different varieties of malva, tulips & some marigold seeds. Looking forward to when it starts to bush up.

For sure I will.
I'm quite proud of it. That garden is effectively a pile of rubble left over from when the second floor of the house was built masquerading as a rockery.
Had to find plants that would actually survive on it