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Epic Harvest! Picking The Hot Peppers and Drying Them

My garden is continuing to produce a lot of produce…

A whole bowl of peppers, and a tomatoe to boot!
A whole bowl of peppers, and a tomatoe to boot!

Because I have way more peppers than I can eat (and more on the way) I am going to dry them.

If you have never dried peppers before pay really close attention to these steps as it is really complicated….

step one: Clean peppers, then thread them up by the stem

step two: hang in sunny window

Ok so its ridiculously easy…see my handwork with a bit of fishing string.

Hot pepper storage, remember don\'t rub your eyes after you handle all them beauties
Hot pepper storage, remember don't rub your eyes after you handle all them beauties

I decided to string them up in color code…you can do it however you like. In a couple weeks/months they will be fully preserved and when you want to eat them just mix into food. You can even use them as decoration, once they are dried they last a really long time.