This season has been quite interesting so far. There have been challenges and also time for other projects as well during the slow growth, as the season hasn’t been too great. But hey! If we didn’t love challenges, we wouldn’t be growing chili peppers in Arctic Finland! 🙂
There are tons of projects planned, both related to chili pepper growing and other projects that are important to me. I’m happy to see the weather finally getting warmer, which is great for the chilis. We actually have some plants already over 2.5 meters in height! I can’t wait to see how they look after a few more months.
With the season running a bit late, I definitely miss having all types of fresh chili varieties available for everyday cooking! We have been harvesting some, but after getting used to having many options at this time of the year, it takes some getting used to.
Besides chili peppers, we’re also growing some kitchen garden plants—a few examples of those below as well.
Always exciting to grow new types of baccatums! This seems to be both a fast grower and prolific as well.
Rocotos are always fascinating to grow. Not as many types growing this year as they are loved by rather small group of (well informed) chiliheads. But once you go rocoto, it’s difficult to go back. Check out some fascinating rocotos we have available here.
And of course, we have also some fascinating C. chinenses growing this year. Last year we had plenty and you can find them here.
Last year we fell in love with Mattapeno which is a very lovely type of Jalapeno which also turned out to be great tasting! We still have some great Jalapeno types available here.
Here’s another absolute favorite Jalapeno of ours, Jalapeno Multicolor! It has been one of the most purchased Jalapeno types from fataliiseeds.net. We still have these seeds available here.
Some plants are still a bit late but these types tend to be super prolific later in the season. More photos of these certainly coming in the future updates.
Maize and squash growing in the kitchen garden. We use EasySlo ferts for our all garden plants as well as chilis and had excellent yields every season!
Lettuce. We usually grow a lot as our chickens are happy to eat the excess. 🙂
Potatoes. They are certainly best when they are eaten as young fresh potatoes.
Of course we have chives and many other garden plants and berries too. More updates to follow! In the meantime, have a great summer and a bountiful harvest!
