Chilli Up North Blog

This is a spicy and flavour packed soup that will warm you up in the worst of weathers. You can leave out the chorizo if you are a vegetarian and just add a bit more paprika and garlic.
If you want to add a bit of extra smokiness to the soup you might want to char-grill [...]

This month has been really busy in the garden, there has been lots to harvest, the first chillis have been ripening nicely, the sweet peppers have been growing like crazy and i now seem to have a glut of tomatoes.
I have mainly been using the tomatoes in salads and sauces as well as giving a [...]

I had a few things lying around including some of the chillis i had picked last week. So i went all masterchef mystery bag and came up with this. I’d usually use breadcrumbs to coat a chicken Kiev but we recently had some veggie burgers that were coated in crushed tortilla crisps so thought id [...]

It’s been a bit of a strange month this month, we have had some scorching weather followed by floods and torrential rain so one minute the plants in the greenhouse are cooked and crispy the next they are under water.  Last week i spent an hour removing water from the greenhouse in buckets after a [...]

It’s been another hectic week here at Chilli  Up North.
The weather has meant ive had to water the garden and veg plants lots over the past week, not that i mind as its nice being out in the sun. It also seems to have given everything a boost and really brought the garden to life.
The [...]

Thought some of you may be interested to know what im actually growing this year, i know i posted a list earlier in the year but its changed quite a bit during the planning and germinating stage so here is the latest list:
Chillis and peppers:

Peter Pecker
Violet cayenne
golden cayenne
Mystery chilli
chilil fuego
Bell pepper
Dorset Naga
Hidalgo
Hot portugal
Sweet Pepper

Tomato:
 

Hawian Currant
Black [...]

Finally got time to sow my chilli seeds today, a bit later than usual but as the saying goes…better late than never.
So far ive planted:

explosive ember
fisus blue
orange habenero
sweet pepper
fish chilli
violette cayenne
golden cayenne
satans kiss
dorset naga
peter pecker pepper
chilli fuego
mystery pepper
hot portugal
hidalgo

i also plated, the following non chilli seeds

courgette taxi f1 (yellow)
cucumber telepathy
cucumber crystal lemon
cucumber telegraph
Random melon seed
meteor [...]

Here are some pics from last year, mainly of chillis but also some of the new veg patch and the stuff it produced.

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Here are some pics from back in 2006…i’ve not had chance to name the pictures yet but i will as soon as i get chance…..it also includes some non chilli stuff such as cucumbers, courgettes and sweetcorn

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Here are some pics from back in 2005…i’ve not had chance to name all the chillis yet but as soon as i get time i promise i will.

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