Jalapeno peppers from my garden today!

[chrisinhouston]

I know it is still winter in most parts of the northern hemisphere but here in Texas we get a mild one. I am going to till my vegetable garden tomorrow and put in my vegies but first I had to pick the jalapeno peppers that have matured over the winter. The pepper plant is about 6 years old and the trunk or stalk is about 1.5 inches in diameter now. It freezes back a little on the really cold mornigs here but it comes back every year.

I weighed these and they total out at 2 lbs 10 ounces and are a mix of red and green ones with the biggest being about 3 inches in length. I put them in an oven broiler tray for the photo and stuck my hand in for a sense of size.