Today I decided would be my chilli harvest, I have left the fruit on the plants as long as u could to ripen. Some are starting to rot on the plant from the water dripping down on them from condensation inside the poly tunnel.
Any way here goes the photos.

Capsicum Annuum
   

Apple Crisp
   

Joe Long Cayenne 
   

Killian
   

Yellow Bumpy 
   

Hungarian Hot Wax and Apricot
   

Lemonella
   

Lemonella in the air fryer for drying at 80’C
   

The others I am drying in the oven at 80’C. 

Looking forward to experimenting with blends of chillies to form different chilli powder mixes

Viewing the different seed catalogues there are different prices for the same seed, but does a higher price indicate better quality or is it just snobbery that makes us buy the more expensively priced products

Anyone watching master chef the professionals at the moment? 
One of next week’s contestants is from Mull. I’ve eaten in her restaurant many times. Stunning food.

Today I placed an order for potatoes, onion sets and garlic, i will also sow some onion seeds along with the usual tomatoes, cabbages, lettuce, beetroot and carrot, no doubt there will be other veg sown, but as I have the time, I don't think any other veg plants will be purchased, as for the flower garden for the next growing season I might buy some fuchsia and I am still considering some chrysanthemum plants, but everything else, I intend to grow from seed, I usually buy begonias and petunias, but the last season my best displays came from plants I had grown from seed, therefore unless I come across  a good bargain, that how I will be going for next season, so wondering what other forum members will be doing next year

How do you use your leftovers? 

As its cold outside, I've made Leftover soup. 

Recipe - sort of!
Yesterday, I pressure-cooked some sprouting spuds and limp carrots together and turned them into mash - enough for 3 meals  (in the freezer).
The Left over mash (not enough for a serving) was returned to the cooking water in the pressure cooker. (I always keep the cooking water for stock).
Added some split red lentils and cooked it all together until the lentils were soft.
Seasoned and herbed.

Its tastier than it sounds - believe me.

I read this article in the news and it brightened my day. Must be getting dotty in my auld age.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55104153

I was going through some threads when I came across something that triggered a memory and made me wonder what other foods or ways of cooking do folks miss from the past, when I was younger, (which I suppose isn't that long ago )  I worked at the furnaces in the local steelworks, one of the delicasies that we had was baked onion, the onion was coated in clay with just the bit of stem showing to let any steam out, this was then placed on a ledge next to the furnace and left to cook, when you were ready for your piece,(your break) getting that onion with a slice of thickly buttered bread was something special, I have tried baking onions in the microwave and covered with foil and cooked in the oven but nothing comes near one baked in clay, what do you miss nowadays?

A lot of fruit and veg have come from selective breeding, but some have come from crosses created by man and most of them have been around for many years, but are there any recently created fruit or veg on the market that are worth growing

Does anyone know if we have any salvia specialist nurseries? I want to get a nursery gift card/ voucher for a present and know she’s a salvia fan. So somewhere that’s got a good selection of saliva would be brilliant. I’ve had a look, without much luck. Any ideas, much appreciated.

Just found this bit of interesting / worrying information. https://www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_qu...l_newdelhi

Need to keep an eye out next season!!