December peppers

Instead of throwing the peppers out, this year I brought them inside. They don't make bad houseplants. The cayenne plant produced lots of peppers, the latter one never produced a pepper but it has pretty leaves.

End of September

This plant is finally growing up, hopefully I'll get some peppers before the frost.

The Shop Rite cayenne plant has produced lots of hot quality peppers. They are more squat than the ones I've raised before. Must be a different sub-species. 

Peppers and basil late August

So here we are on August 23. I added the basil plant, also bought at Shop-Rite, from a plastic bag in the produce department. Very healthy and a standard basil flavor, nothing weird here, no essence of cinnamon or pie crust. The cayenne is thriving, the peppers are starting to turn red and are hot. My other pepper plant is doing well. Need to cull a bit more, they may do well if it gets hot again.

So how are the peppers doing

Now it's August 3 and my cayenne plant is finally coming up with some peppers. Look, there's a red one! The second pot is showing some sprouts. These peppers did not have much luck on the windowsill a few months ago. Maybe they'll do better on the porch. I threw out the bag they came in and I forgot what they are called.

Hot ShopRite cayenne peppers

I love cayenne peppers. They are traditionally used in chili and they can be grown on a balcony. I was walking through the parking lot of a Shop Rite in the Montgomery mall and a cayenne pepper plant that looked healthy drew my attention. It was sitting outside of the store and I decided to give it a home. It seems to be doing well, although so far the peppers are the size of a nail head. My Texas mother would be proud.

Editor's note. Although tempted, I brought it into the store and paid for the plant.