Category Archives: Pepper Freak
I ran across this website today after it’s owner placed a comment on one of my posts. His website is very informative. You can find lots of helpful information on different varieties of ......
Ah, the 2012 Chile pepper season is almost upon us. I am getting very excited this year as I will be growing all new strains that I have never worked with. I’ve collected over 20 varieti......
Unless you’ve been encased in ice the last few weeks, you’ve all already heard of the dreaded Naga Viper from http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/. Currently listed as the hottest chile p......
So, I’ve officially used up every pod from this past season. A little early for my taste as I’d like them to last a LOT longer. I went a little crazy and my mouth has thanked me fo......
So this a good recipe that my wife cued me in on. I just took the original mexican lasagna recipe and tweaked a little. Ok… I add jolokia’s, so I guess I tweaked it a lot.
For thi......
You may or may not know, but there are multiple ways to preserve your freshly harvested peppers. In this post, we will only be covering one of those methods. That is freezing the peppers.
T......
So I haven’t posted in a while. All of my chile’s are doing wonderful. I’ve harvested around 20-30 Bhut Jolokia’s, 15 Turkish Cayenne, and multiple banana peppers. The......
Sorry I’ve been away for so long. With a new baby in the house, working full time and School 17 hours a week, it can be tough to update your blog. I have TONSSS of photos from this season......
So I decided to get moving on the drip system since May is coming very soon. The baby will be here within the next 3 weeks so if I didn’t get this done now, I wasn’t going to do it......
By Sara Bonisteel, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/homestyle/04/14/chile.heads.seek.heat/?hpt=Sbin
(CNN) — India may be turning the world’s hottest chili into a weapon, but there......
I started re-potting and moving everything into the basement. I am putting them all under a 400 watt high pressure sodium bulb to pre harden them for the summer sun.
Here are some photos…......
So I decided to change my setup slightly. I took away the Compact fluorescents and added tubes. The light didn’t spread out enough with the CFL’s and the tubes allow me to hover th......
It’s amazing to me how beautiful Chile plants can get, and how much different Chile plants look as they start to get bigger. When all the genes start kicking in, the plant turns to differ......
Some of you might be curious to why your mouth gets that wonderful (or not so wonderful) burning sensation whenever you eat a chile. The answer comes from chemicals found inside all chile pepp......
I came home today and saw a few photo opportunities after lifting the lid of the germinating hot house. I was able to snap a few photos of some of the varieties that are sprouting already.
Here......