[CH] Hab squatters
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@leavenworth.army.mil)
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:47:56 -0000
I've posted before regarding little spiders that patrol my garden,
and they seem to have taken up residence in the wrinkles of my
habs. Some use their silk to roll a leaf into a tube, but lots of
others just use the wrinkles as "mountain peaks", stretch their
silk from peak to peak, and nestle into the valleys. The habs
have been larger and more wrinkled than usual this year. They
are good little predators and don't damage the pods, so I shoo
them off the fruit and back into the garden when I harvest. I just
hope they don't take offense at my demolition of all their hard
home-building work. The only habs they don't do this on are
the non-wrinkly non-white "white" habs. The top shaped ones
are ripening to orange, have decent heat and not much hab aroma
when cut, but have, IMO, a very pronounced citrus aspect to the
flavor. I kinda like them. Will have to try a citrus based sauce.
Scott... dehydrator running full of Aji Amarillos... KCK