25/08/2023 – WrAnTz

Red

A collander full of homegrown tomatoes and chilli peppers.

The tomatoes are a mix of four varieties, and we are very pleased with the crop quantity and flavour.

I have yet to give the peppers the taste test. Honestly, I’m a little scared. I have no idea of the variety, so I don’t know where they sit on the Scoville Scale. The last time I bit into a fresh chilli, the juice raced over my tongue and down the back of my throat before the tip of my tongue could sound the alarm.

That experience has taught me to be a little more circumspect, to treat all chillies with a modicum of respect.

Having said that, I am a fan of chillies and curries. I like them to be punchy.

We are having a BBQ this weekend, I think I’ll concoct a chilli jam and set it on the table for as an experiment.

Commences evil laughter…..

Home Invasion

Angle Shades Moth (Phlogophora meticulosa)

Tis the season ….

We seem to be getting loads of these little fellas invading our house and I keep finding them lurking in all sorts of places.

This one was just chillin’ on a kitchen roll, but I have found them on door frames, kettle handles, or playing dead on the floor. It takes something to get them to fly away.

If you touch them, they just seem to roll over and stay still. If you persist, they will just move a few inches and lay still again.