Sunday, April 03, 2016
From mint leaves to mint tea leaves
Wash fresh mint leaves thoroughly and let them dry properly for a few days, you'll have some really nice mint tea leaves. Remember not to let wet mint leaves sit under hot sun, they'll die easily.
7 Types of Chilli for Summer 2015-2016
Type 1: Scotch Bonnet
Type 2: Unknown
Type 3: Spike Chilli
Type 4: Unknown
Type 5: Bird Eye
Type 6: Name unknown, not to spicy, wrinkled skins.
Type 7: Name unknown, spiciness unknown, haven't tried yet.
Scotch Bonnet Chill Progress 4 April
Summer is ending, autumn is approach and the Scotch Bonnet Chilli is still fruiting well.
New bird eye chilli seedlings April 2016
I started 2 pots of bird eye chilli seedlings in April 2016 using 100% used ground coffee (decomposed). Posted this photo to track growth. Current month temperature ranged from 18 degrees to 27 degrees, average humidity is about 45%. Let's see how well they will fare next month.
Chilli seeds in decompose bin
The photo shows very healthy bird eye chilli seedings grown in my decompose bin filled with used ground coffee. Zero care and near zero maintenance is required. Young chilli leaves are high in vitamin C, can be cooked lightly using olive oil in a fry pan and served as small side disn.
Spike Chilli
This Spike Chilli pot sprang into action very late in Summer 2016 (around March 2016). It matured very late and started fruiting heavily around March 2016 where Canberra experienced the longest summer and hottest summer month in 30 years.
Spike chilli has rating 5 on the heat scale but I don't feel this species is very spicy. I feel bird eye chill is spicier than this.
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