Jimmy's Chiles

06/14/2026

Planted Thai chile Pepper seedlings and Amarillo Pequeno seedlings today. Also gave away some Ancho Rojo chile pepper seedlings and Amy's Apricot cherry tomatoes to someone today Tomorrow we plant the rest of the Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion chiles.
This week I experienced the strongest wind gust in my life while bringing my portable CD player inside. My gardening hat went flying and I was wondering if it was the start of a tornado.

05/30/2026

Planted Roma and San Marzano tomatoes today. I am so looking forward to planting pepper seedlings in the coming days as I enjoy my vacation. Today I also continued clearing out weeds in the containers along with digging out some thorny weeds. I lucked out in getting a paid day off from work today for building maintenance so I focused on the garden.
On May 23rd I went to Hard Rock Casino to see great bands play great songs and ate at Youyu Noodles. I had Shrimp Efu Noodles and a Thai Iced Tea.

05/11/2026

Happy Mothers Day! We have a special Food and Flowers post for you today.

05/03/2026

So yesterday I went to this Jazzpalooza event at Harmony Square where the area's schools Jazz bands played--Tinley Park High School, Victor J. ANDREW, Kirby , District 140. One of the bands played an instrumental called Pass The Hot Sauce. . .

04/27/2026

Our ground is getting dry. I dragged out the hose, installed it, and watered garlic patches.
Was thrilled to finally see my dark purple tulips bloom. . .

04/12/2026

Planted seven pepper varieties, one tomato variety, three sunflower varieties, and a flower this weekend. Still no germination of any varieties in the greenhouse. Went to White Castle tonight but they had no green chile aioli so I wrote a rap song about it. . .read on dear readers. . .

03/22/2026

Put up the greenhouse this weekend. Planted two varieties today: Sheepnose Pimento and Laotian. Haven't turned on the space heater yet. Would prefer to get more varieties planted first before turning on the space heater. . .

02/22/2026

I have some sad looking peppers from the containers I brought inside last fall, but they aren't worthy of being photographed. So I went to Pete's to buy peppers just so I could make some chile content. It's a pepper obsession. Yesterday I ate the Fresno and one of the red jalapenos with cheddar cheese. Those peppers came with steak, potatoes with bacon, mac-n-cheese, homemade beer bread muffin, and a couple wedges of a Baltic Farmers Cheese with caraway seeds that mom would always get at Easter and which I have been searching for for quite some time.

02/15/2026

Thought you should know. . .

This is the breathtaking Heart Nebula, glowing nearly 7,500 light-years away in deep space. 🌌
Formed by clouds of hydrogen gas and newborn stars, it naturally shapes into a cosmic heart — the universe’s own Valentine’s message.

For all space lovers out there… love isn’t just on Earth, it’s written across the galaxy.
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

02/07/2026

The early February report. Food, Birthday celebrating and glass art in Christmas colors. If that teaser doesn't engage you then you had better check your pulse. . .