The Cayenne Plants have started growing

Cayenne plant

The back garden is getting crowded with mini greenhouses,

pots and soil.

Although not for much longer as the plants are nearly big enough

to be moved to the allotment.

Another use for chillies

A Jalapeno being used as a battery.
In this example copper wire and a steel nail are used.


You can get voltage just by probing the pepper with
a sensitive meter {from 0 to about 2 volts.}
Although you get about a half a volt, the current
is only about 2 to 4 milliamps.

One of the serfs working the land

This is one of my serfs working the land.



Look at the happy face, they are well treated.

Plot 2 is finally cleared

All ready for digging


Lee where's that rotavator?

Plot 2

Hopefully this weekend a rotavator will appear courtesy of Lee
and roar into action to finally get to grips with the overgrown
second plot.

Larry the lawn mower (don't ask) supplied by a friend a couple of weeks ago is still in the shed ready for it's first run on saturday.


Pics of smoke, petrol and machinery to follow shortly

Not as useful as the word for beer

The word for chillies across the world.
Afrikaans Brand rissie
Amharic Mit'mita Berbere
Arabic Fulful ahmar
Assami Jolokia
Bengali Morich
Brazilian (Portuguese) Dedo de Moca, Pimento vermelho
Burmese Nga yut thee, Nil thee
Chinese Chao tian jiao, Chang bing jiao
Croatian Paprika ljuta
Danish Spansk peber
Dutch Spaanse peper, Cayennepeper
English Cayenne pepper, Red pepper, Chillie
Finnish Chilipippuri
French Poivre rouge, Piment fort, Poivre de cayenne
German Cayen, Beissbeere Pfeffer, Chili pfeffer
Greek Piperies
Gujrati Mirchi
Hebrew Pilpelet hagina, Pilpel matok
Hindi Lal mirch, Achar
Hungarian Paprika
Indonesian Cabai
Italian Peperone, Peperoncino, Pimento
Japanese Togarashi
Kannada Manasina kayi
Laotian Mak phe kunsi
Macedonian Piperka
Malaysian Lada mira
Malayalam Mulagu
Marathi Mirchi
Mexican Cola de rata
Nahuatl Chilcozli, Chiltecpin
Nepalese Rato khursani
Peruvian Aji cereza
Polish Papryka
Portuguese Piri-piri, Pimento
Punjabi Lal-mircha
Romanian Ardei Iute
Russian Perec
Slovenian Sladka paprika
Spanish Pimenta de Cayena, Guindilla
Swahili Piri piri
Swedish Chilipeppar
Tagalog Sili berde
Tamil Mulagu
Telugu Mirapakaya
Thai Pisi hui
Turkish Biber
Urdu Lalmarach
Vietnamese Ot

Plan for 2007

This is the plan for 2007









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Although looking at it now seems quite ambitious
seeing as only 6 beds are dug - only another 20 to go!

Chillies harvested

Broccoli, Cabbage, Sprouts,Cauliflower & Celery are growing

The chilli plants have produced a lot of fruit with hundreds

more pods still ripening.

August

Not much activity in August as it was too hot..
The chillies have grown well and a new bed has
been dug for winter veg.

A busy weekend

I resurrected an old Greenhouse donated by friends, it took
most of the weekend to level the ground, straighten the
frame and clean up the old glass.























Being the first greenhouse i've built, i'm not sure if
it's the picture or greenhouse that isn't level

Chillies and Leeks planted

40 or so chillis have been transplanted, along
with some leeks that a neighbour gave me.
A second bed has been dug and I'm giving
Aduki beans a go to see what happens.

The Fence is up

12th July and I finally got the fence up to keep the rabbits out
hopefully over the next couple of weeks I can dig 5 more beds
in the fenced area,then the planting can begin.

The Allotment

This is the allotment plot in Cookham that will be full of chilli plants,
once 200ft of weeds have been cleared and 4000sq feet of soil has
been dug. There might even be room for some other fruit and veg.