RE: Still not gardening

Yes, probably a Weber. It works pretty well tho we don't use it that
much - I'm not so good with food that requires a lot of advance
planning. Usually it's "ohmigawd it's 7:00, what can we thaw in a
hurry".  

Cyndi 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:14 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Still not gardening

Weber?

On Oct 23, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:37 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> 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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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
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> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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