[CH] My First Harvest

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Hello Pod-Heads.

I harvested my first batch of green chile today, (about 30 pounds worth) and spent most of the afternoon roasting and preparing them for freezing.  Of course I had to cook some green chile burgers on those pod-infused coals.  They were to die for!

For the past few years, my chiles have been bland and had very little heat.  I must have grown the right variety this year (NM Barker), because this crop had a great flavor and decent heat!  Living in Kansas with clay soil doesn't make the best conditions for growing NM varieties, but for once in the last several years, I wasn't disappointed with the crop.  They aren't Hatch, but getting closer!

The jalapenos had a very nice kick too.  However, I've seen some jalapeno shapes this year I've never seen before.  I have one plant that is producing light green, large bulbous pods.  A few others that are producing the familiar dark-green pointed pods, but they seem smaller than normal.  And one is producing pods with a shade somewhere between the two above, but the pods almost rounds like cherry pepper.  Very strange. 

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