At the end of the summer holidays, I took a wander round our local garden centre - a proper garden centre that sells mainly plants and seeds, rather than the multitude of extras such as books and crockery that a lot of centres have moved into, with an old lady who runs it and has forgotten more about gardening than most people will ever know.They always have an area with end of season plants in at much reduced prices, we have had some real bargains, included two large Rhododendrons which were reduced for £40 to £5 each a few years ago, and are now beautiful established plants.
Anyway back to my wander........tucked into a corner was a chilly plant with the start of a couple of red chillies on it, the plant was lovely and green so at 50p I thought I'd buy it if for nothing more than a bit of greenery for a space left empty in the garden. Well yesterday, I picked the fruits of this little plant, 47 little red chillies to dry - what a generous little plant, rewarding me for taking it home from it's life on a shelf :0). It truly was a case of being rewarded for a little care and attention, a generous helping of chillies, and whilst they are drying a lovely decoration as well with their gorgeous glossy red colour.
5 comments:
Wow that was good value then! What will you do with the chillies? I've never had them as I'm not into 'hot' food. I imagine they would look lovely preserved in a pretty jar though.
My geranium were also on huge special being a little passed their best but they have grown and flowered all year. Can't have enough of that colour.
Have never dried chillis before.
I usually just freeze them.
What a bargain for 50p though :)
Well that was an excellent buy. What a great harvest all off one little plant.
What a great deal! We have some chillies and, as Sarah's implying, are having difficulty using them all. It's not that we don't like hot food, but mainly because we eat hot meals at school/work every day so don't cook much except at the weekend.
Hi Kim, I wish I could eat chillies, but these look so colourful and a good buy too.best wishes Julie.C
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