Garden Harvest

Mom decided that we should harvest the garden today. That's 195 Mucho Nacho Jalapenos she's holding. Yeah, THOSE are the hot ones! The ones that melt your teeth off.


Nearly 300 peperoncini, 36 yellow hots, mild jalapenos... We sent MOST of it to Nana & Papa so they can roast the chilis and do, whatever it is they DO with them. And, my wayward catelope in the background.



Anaheim, Big Jim, Sahauro chilis. MILLIONS OF CHILIS.




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My big pretty watermelon? The one that would have easily won a 1st place BLUE ribbon at the county fair. We picked it! 45 POUNDS. I couldn't even carry it and Alvin had to bring it in for me.


Dad taking a tester bite. It's not as red as it looks in the photo, more a dark crumbly pink.

Sweet! Warm from the sun! Did I mention it was FORTY FIVE POUNDS????

We gave half to Uncle Dave. Along with some too-hot jalapeno poppers we had for dinner. Gotta love Chino Valley soil! I've got three other melons that are as big. We also harvested 8 cantelopes, black radishes the size of softballs, and more roma tomatoes than you can shake a stick at!