The Perennial Pepper

I thought these guys were supposed to be annuals, but no!

Two baby chilis, happily growing away on our frigid living room windowsill.

Moving on

Another gift finished, photo-ed and packed away. On with the next!

Tonight was a bit of a personal landmark. We made a meal using a chili from the plant we grew. I've eaten homegrown fruit and veg before, thanks to a rather rustic childhood, but this is the first crop of our marriage. I am happy. Our chilis make pretty tasty terriyaki beef.

Green and growing things

A while back one of my colleagues was thinning out her chili seedlings and offered them around to all the rest of us. I claimed one, brought it home without breaking the stem, and got it safely installed in a spare terracotta pot on the windowsill.
Fast forward a couple of months, and it's got fruit! Eight so far, and we hope to get at least one more crop off before the end of the growing season. For anyone growing peppers indoors, stray ends of yarn trimmed off projects make great fertilizing tools. Soft enough not to hurt the plant, rough enough that the pollen sticks well.