RE: Still not gardening

It's not very fancy - about 3 feet tall, I guess, you fill the bottom
tray with charcoal and wood chips and there's a pan for water that sits
above it. Then there are two racks that go over that to hold the food.
We spread out the jalapenos on the trays, I think I got about 40 or 50
in there at one time. 

Cyndi

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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] Still not gardening

Let me know how the chipotles work out. What kind/size smoker do you
have, Cyndi?

On Oct 23, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

> I spent another weekend not in the garden, and it's kinda getting to 
> me.
> Glorious weather too, but I was short on time and energy for it, sigh.
> Saturday I have a riding lesson at 10, so I try to do my household 
> chores before that. I figured I'd get into the veggie garden that 
> afternoon. But when I got home husband said we were going to go look 
> at a horse around 3, which really didn't leave me enough time to get 
> outside and do stuff. Sunday morning early I went hiking, came home 
> and picked red jalapenos, and then we went looking at more horses.
> I did get the jalapenos into the smoker on Sunday, I'm trying to make 
> chipotles. Don't know if it's going to work yet; we just pulled out 
> the first batch this morning and I haven't tasted them. No way I'm 
> just going to crunch on one so I'll have to find a quick recipe using
them.
> This morning we popped the top off the smoker and I was leaning over 
> it to check them out - that was a mistake - I spent about five minutes

> coughing with my eyes all teared up, and there wasn't even any visible

> smoke. My husband said he could smell it all the way out in the front.
> They look good though but not all the way dry, so I put the moister 
> ones into the dehydrator...and then I moved the dehydrator into the 
> garage!
> Our horse activities are taking up a lot of time but I can see that 
> eventually I will be able to do other things, it will just be a matter

> of time to settle into a routine. Right now I'm taking some lessons 
> and we are looking for a horse to buy for me. Husband is also doing 
> lessons on our gelding we bought during the summer, and it's coming
along well.
> We went camping with my sister and another friend last weekend, and we

> did long trail rides out into the desert. I like my scenery a little 
> more vegetative and less rock, but it was pretty nice. Saw six desert 
> tortoises (two babies!), a baby rattlesnake, a tarantula, a huge owl, 
> kangaroo rats, and innumerable jackrabbits.
> No frost yet but my zucchini look like they got blasted by cold. Oddly

> enough, there are few other signs of it - even the basil still looks 
> good. I was looking to see if I had a pathway for cold air flow, maybe

> that's what got the squash, but I can't really tell. Keeping my 
> fingers crossed that I will have time enough to get out there and get 
> the rest of the basil, green tomatoes, and peppers before it does 
> freeze; it's still relatively light when we get home from work, but I 
> only have a few days of that left.
>
> Cyndi
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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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