Salsa requires peppers!

Jalapeno, ripe and ready for a warm salsa recipe!

Part of the fun of ordering seeds for the next season is remembering the successful selections of previous seasons and checking out the new varieties for the coming year.  Last year was not a successful pepper season at R&B Farms, just a handful here and there.  As seen in the photo, jalapenos were still available and at the stage shown here, they have that blend of sweet and hot all in one!  This year's varieties include the following, which we hope will produce like they have in the past. 

• Chinese Giant - large, sweet bell that goes from green to red
• Carmen - Italian sweet pepper that also goes from green to red
• Anaheim - mildly warm green chilli which makes great tortilla soup or chilli relleno
• California Wonder - classic sweet bell 
• Mucho Nacho - mild jalapeno, all the flavor without the heat of a traditional jalapeno
• Aruba - cubanelle, sweet long pepper that goes from green to orange to red.  Great for salads or roasting on the grill
•  Yellow Bell Jackpot - new for this year, we're hoping for sweet yellow bells
• Salsa - more heat than a jalapeno, be careful with this one!
• Cayenne long red slims - hot but great when dried and used in spicy dishes, either Mexican or Asian
• Goliath Jalapeno - larger size and lots of flavor, great for fresh salsa or stuffing for poppers
• Habanero - this one is hot and we'll be picking it with gloves!  To hot for our family but if we're lucky and if you like them, we'll have them available at the farmer's market this summer
• Holy Mole - a pasilla pepper with mildly hot flavor and great for Mexican foods.  This one is new for this year and we look forward to trying it!
• Gourmet Sweet Orange - new for this year, but should provide us a nice orange bell to go with the greens, reds and yellows
• Zavory - this was new last year and produced enough for our use at home.  It has a nice flavor - Habanero like but without the heat.  Yummy in soups, salads and Mexican foods.  
• Ancho Magnifico - Poblano - these may not make it to the market because it's our favorite kind of pepper. Plus they are great for smoking using native Iowa hickory.  YUM!  Hope for a big crop and maybe there will be some to share!

That's the list for this year, so far.  We could decide on a few more varieties of Poblano and maybe a pepperocini.  Anything you see that we should add?