The balcony harvest up to now has mostly been a couple goya from the green curtain, and a few sprigs of parsley, basil, and bergamont. The tsuru murasaki is also doing surprisingly well in it's container (thanks to Cafe Hatake!), and we've been enjoying that in salads with the herbs, too.Adding a bit of color and spice (quite literally) to this bevy of treats are the two togarashi (hot pepper) plants. (You'll remember them as home to a praying mantis that munched on my aphids.) I came home from our trip to Hokkaido to find these lovelies waiting for me, and as we prepare to head out for a biking trip (our first!) a handful of others are ripening nicely.
I set them to dry for a week or so, and then pop them in a jar I keep in our kitchen. On a whim I'll throw them in our houtou udon, oden, or other dishes for a bit of spice and fun. If the tomato plants are still standing at the farm when I return, I'll try them in a bit of salsa, too! (Recipe recommendations welcome, by the way.)
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My peppers didn't got any crop this summer. I think i overdid it with banana fertilizer
banana fertilizer is a home made fertilizer that i made with banana peals, some extra soil and water from washing rice. I had made it originally for my roses because they didn't bloom but i had some left over and i used on the peppers.I think it was an overcharge or potash because they started to bloom like crazy, but they where to many flowers and no fruit.