Work While Drunk

This year I'm going to take it a bit easier and only grow 4 varieties. I was only going to grow 3, but I was sent a free packet of Tepin's from Nicky's Seeds. So this year I am growing:Cherry Bomb F1 HybridHabanero OrangeJalapeno PurpleTepinYou can see m… more »

My Chile pepper plans didn’t quite work out as well as I’d hoped. My crop wasn’t very successful and people who adopted some of my plants had similar mixed results. The main factor was simply the weather. Obviously Chilli plants are not… more »

My chilli plants are doing well, despite the arrival of a new pest – the fungus gnat. I have now given several people plants from my stock, keeping the best of course. I’ve gotten rid of the truly sick ones, and I’m now left with some r… more »

Its proving harder to be a chile pepper farmer than I originally anticipated. From 100 seeds, I ended up with about 90 seedlings. The weather wasn't too great so they stayed in the heated propagator for a bit longer than they could have. I then re-potted… more »

Yesterday I started my crop of chile peppers. I have seven varieties of chile peppers currently sitting in some John Innes #1 seeding compost, in separate seed propagation chambers on an electric propagator. I'm growing: Anaheim Guajillo Jalapeno… more »