Habanero is about the hottest pepper that I actually like to eat, and they seem to be fine in the Midwest when I grew them a couple of years ago. The reapers seemed to need a year or two to get going.

19.10.2025 04:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Regular summer in the Midwest seemed fine, but the first year was unimpressive. They are actually perennials, so this one is three years old; I dig it up and take it inside for the winter. This year was much hotter and for longer than usual, which is why I think it was happy.

19.10.2025 04:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I never saw any, and didn't think there were any around here, until we randomly planted some beans that have red flowers. Now we get a bunch stopping by. Perhaps give it a try?

12.10.2025 04:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lol, 1,641,183 SHU. Pure capsaicin is 16,000,000. I am very careful with these.

08.10.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This year's carolina reaper haul. Red and orange kind of warty looking small peppers, roughly an inch or two across. Very hot!

Most of this year's carolina reaper haul. This is from one plant, with some more to come. Seems like it was happy this year.

29.09.2025 13:03 — 👍 29    🔁 0    💬 6    📌 0

Big native bee on a white bean flower. Roughly an inch long. The bean leaves have been eaten a bit by japanese beetles.

Big bee on a bean flower, unfortunately the bean leaves have suffered a bit from japanese beetles.

16.09.2025 00:52 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pink and magenta peonys next to a mailbox, pity they only last a week or so.

12.06.2025 00:39 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0