This year, I was very successful in growing a large batch of thai chilis. As I was shopping at my local asian market for things to cook with my thai chilis, I noticed that every person checking out had the same thing in their basket: a bag of fresh persimmons. I grabbed a bag of fresh persimmons, inspired to make a persimmon shrub. These persimmons are from California, but persimmons actually grow in the Pacific Northwest too. There is a beautiful one in Issaquah at the Gilma