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It has been a wonderful weekend here at Lanacoora Chillies. As said in my last post, we were present at the opening of the Beaudesert Arts and Cultural Centre. The centre was heaving with people and the region was represented by many of the local food and wine producers. Hundreds of visitors to the Centre tasted our chillies. Hello to all the fabulous people we met there, and we hope you enjoy the chilli adventure with us.

Hello also to the people we met at the Tamborine Mountain Country Markets this morning. We had a fantastic morning and the rain held off – although we hope for more later today! These markets are held on the last Sunday of every month at the Tamborine Mountain State School car park. There is a fabulous array of stuff to be had, including chillies. Keep checking back here to find out if we will be there next month.

So now it is back to growing chillies……..

 

As the title suggests, Beaudesert Shire is now home to a new arts and cultural centre. The Centre has it’s official opening on the weekend of 24/25 February. If any of you would like to come out to Beaudesert on either of these days, there is a full program of events, featuring performers, artists, musicians etc from the local and surrounding regions. There is also an opportunity to taste many of the food and wine of the region with many local producers and tourist operators presenting their goods on the Saturday, between 10am and 4pm. Lanacoora Chillies will be there for a full tasting of the current chilli varieties available. If you are interested, the venue is at 82 Brisbane Street, Beaudesert. You can visit www.bsc.qld.gov.au for further information.

 If you can’t make the Saturday at Beaudesert, Lanacoora Chillies will be holding a stall for tasting at the Tamborine Mountain School Markets the following day (Sunday 25 February). This is held on the corner of Curtis and Long Roads, North Tamborine, on the last Sunday of every month, from 7am. Tamborine Mountain is a beautiful part of the world, and is worth a visit if you are not too far away.

See you there!!!

There has been long and heated debate about which chilli is the hottest in the world. When I was sent some seeds from my friends at www.nagaseeds.org the Naga Morich was claiming top status. It still is, sort of, unless it has been beaten by the Dorset Naga, Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Naga Jolokia etc. Anyway, I was most excited to be growing the hottest chilli in the world. And over the last few days, my first baby has turned orange. I am resisting strongly the urge to pull it off the plant and taste it before it is fully ripe! Some photos for you…. Just like a new parent …..

 baby     adolescent      adult, whose mother won’t let go ……

 

On another note, today we had our second visit from a local goanna. It was almost two metres in length. Gorgeous creature that it is, it slid over the fence of the chicken yard, into the coop, scared the hens, not to mention me, and ate the eggs. To avoid having to deal with it again next week, I locked the creature in the coop and waited for our trusty snake and reptile catchers to come and relocate it. It is a good thing that the catchers enjoy what they do. While we were waiting, the goanna tried everything to escape the coop, but after losing our first lot of chickens to foxes, we created the ultimate in impenetrable chookhouses. The goanna has been taken to a new part of the district, the catchers have had a great time, the children have watched a spectacular display of skill ? and I am calm once more. (and my nagas are ripening yaaay!)

Take care