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Southwest
Salsa Party
Nothing says summer like
salsa. Gather some friends and create a lasting Southwest salsa
garden.
Supplies:
- Terra cotta pots,
in 6”-10” sizes
- Black permanent markers
- Clear acrylic spray
paint (optional)
- Potting soil
- “Salsa”
plants: peppers (mild and hot), cilantro, cherry or patio tomatoes,
tomatillos
First, decorate your
pots with designs that say “Southwest” to you. Think Mayan
bird gods, thunderclouds from pottery, zig-zag lines. Perhaps a
book on ancient pottery would inspire. The permanent marker will
last without a cover coating, but if you would like it shiny, clear
acrylic spray paint can be used. That has to dry completely, though.
Next, hand out potting
soil and drop in the baby plants. Use 10" pots for the bigger
plants (tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos) and 6" pots for the
smaller ones (cilantro). Make sure everyone waters theirs in well,
using a weak fish emulsion solution.
These plants are sun-lovers.
Give them a hot place, and they’ll reward you well into the
fall with salsa ingredients. You can even baby them over the winter,
and next spring some of them will continue to bear.
Oh yes – don’t
forget to hand out a printed salsa recipe!
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