Planted and Enchanted

A casual blog about sustainability, gardening and life in Central Texas


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Habanero Jelly

If you’ve never tried habanero jelly, you’re in for a treat. The unique flavor and burn of the pepper gets balanced by plenty of sugar, resulting in an incredibly addictive sweet heat. Fantastic on goat cheese, sour dough, ice cream, tortilla chips and just about everything else we’ve tried. Adapted from the great folks at My Pantry Chef at Food52.

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You’ll need:
8-9 orange habaneros, preferably from your backyard or farmers market

2 sweet peppers–orange bell and red Italian sweet peppers work well

4 1/2 cups of organic white sugar

3 T pectin

1 t butter

Clean and sterilized canning jars, lids and rings

Boiling water bath

See the full method at Food52 

 


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Vertical Potato Box Upgrade

Adding a second level and more soil mix to the potato box. 5/3/2010

Our experiment with a vertical potato box seems to be going well. The idea is to cover the bottom 1/3 of the plant every time it gets 12″ out of the soil. The branches then work their magic and turn into potatoes. Below is a shot of the potatoes less than a month ago. Right now the tops of the plants are about 3′ tall.

Adding a second level and more soil/pine straw mix to our potato box.

Have any of you grown potatoes like this in the past? I’d love to hear your success stories. You can reach us via Twitter @PlantandEnchant

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