Shishito and Fushimi peppers

Shishito and Fushimi peppers are sweet and mild thin-walled pepper Japanese peppers.  The Shishitos are giving me a bumper crop, and I'm harvesting Fushimi peppers from plants I got from Vilardi Gardens in the fall of 2013.  Shishitos are believed to have been introduced to Japan by the Portuguese.   Fushimi sweet peppers or fushimi-togarashi are considered a traditional kyo-yasai ("Kyoto vegetable") - an heirloom, premium variety from the Kyoto prefecture.

Shisitos and Fushimis in the garden:

Vilardi Gardens - Planting Arizona Summer Vegetables

New additions to my vegetable beds from Vilardi Gardens. 

Metki Dark Armenian cucumber, lemon squash, Samui and Tulsi holy basil, Padron, shishito and Marconi red peppers, hibiscus/roselle, tomatillos, Red Burgundy okra, and Charentais melon.

Vegetable Gardens

Time to work on the garden today as we transition into summer - pulling up the cool weather plants, tidying up the tomatoes,  and weeding.   I have two raised beds which currently contain artichokes, tomatoes (5 varieties including yellow pear and black cherry), peppers (New Mexico, jalapeno, Fushimi, Shishito, and poblanos), radishes, carrots, garlic chives, I'itoi onions, eggplant, cauliflower, Genovese and purple basil, parsley, oregano, marjoram, sage, thyme, dill, Egyptian walking onions, rhubarb, and Swiss chard.  In the forefront on the right is a large bay leaf bush.