Re: [CH] Open Fields 2004 & Dates for 2005
Alex Silbajoris (asilbajo@hotmail.com)
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:33:38 +0000
It's true that some of the ornamental varieties are still unpicked when the
event is over. Same with the really small-podded varieties; they're good
stuff but few people bother picking a lot of them. I love the pointsettas,
they're pretty and they're very useful when dried.
The orange and red habs are the bread and butter of the field, and in 04 I
acquainted myself with the fatalis (love the way the pods squeak in hand
when picked).
The larger and milder roasting varieties are always eagerly picked, yet
unfortunately they also seem very vulnerable to problems in the growing
season. Some years they're rotted on the vine and some years they're barely
becoming ripe. I'd like to see a larger proportion of these kinds of pods -
new mex, poblanos, etc.
The other thing I discovered on 04 was the location of our hosts, Adrian
Orchards. I spent my first $$ there last year and I resolve to spend there
again as a gesture of thanks for letting us behave like lunatics on their
land. (We really were hanging out in the moonlight for hours last year.)
- A