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We've got them in all colors & at all stages.  Some are already ready & ripe, while others are still green.  We put them up on the sill by the sink where they can get some sunlight and continue to ripen and then dry out.  Then once they're done drying out, well probably cut the stems off, remove the seeds, and powder them down in our coffee grinder:-) 

-The Farmer's Assistant

Aren't these beautiful!!  And we've got all kinds in there.  There's the ancient sweets, banana peppers, cayennes, bell peppers, poblanos, you name it.  Peppers anyone? :-)  Happy Gardening!

 One of Don's co-workers shared these nice peppers with us from his garden.  So we took a few of them and made some yummy jalapeno cornbread!  First, we removed all of the seeds and membranes.



Here's the recipe:

1 cup of yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup of self-rising flour
1/4 cup of oil
2 eggs
1 cup of buttermilk
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon of salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and after 15 minutes place your cast iron pan (if you're using cast iron) into the oven.  (If you are not using a cast iron pan, just oil the pan and wait for the cornbread to be poured into the pan before placing it into the oven).  Combine all of your dry ingredients in a bowl.  Then in a separate bowl, combine your wet ingredients and then add the dry to the wet.  If you are using a cast iron pan, using a pot holder, remove it from the oven, pour your cornbread mix in, and then with the pot holder*, return your pan back to the oven.

*I only emphasize this because I have had my share of not realizing that the pan was hot once I was ready to put my cornbread in the oven.  So be careful!  And enjoy!

These little "berries" are about as sweet as they come...when you talk about tomatoes, that is.  These are our very sweet & very delicious grape tomatoes.  Love 'em!  In a salad, in with pasta, or just a snack.  I'm serious, they're delicious & sweet!

 I took a few pictures out in the garden this morning. There is a nice calm outside and a soft dew resting on everything. The corn is not cut down just yet but it will be once it's done.


  I also took a few pictures of one of our wild plum trees.  All of these little plums are ripe but even ripe they are quite bitter.  The plums have a large pit with a little bit of fruit surrounding it.