Recent content by Goonie4Boonies

Hi, All! Sorry for delay in posting pics - here's a closeup of my boonies. I've moved the plant inside for the winter to carry on under HPS lights, along with several others. My plant is about 4' tall now, and has tons of blooms, and I also have a baby that's about 5 inches tall going...

Hi, Everybody! You may remember me and my quest to find my beloved Boonie Pepper seeds last fall. Well, my wish was granted in January by a generous individual in San Antonio whose wife is from Guam. One sunny afternoon, I received an envelope packet of seeds from his own stock in the mail...

Hi, RedtailForester - I'm having the same problem (already!) on all of my edible garden plants! Aphids are out already, too! ACK! I want to get a jump on it this year, so I was doing some research. Here's a link to an organic gardening site that lists lots of natural insect control (if you're...

Aphids suck and blow at the same time. I've been fighting those b*stards all growing season. However, I'm on to their little game. Some research revealed that ants "farm" or protect aphids for the sweet "honeydew" they leave behind after they've stripped your beautiful plants of their leaves...

Thanks for the welcomes, everyone! Love the site!

Hello, All! I'm a transplant from Kansas City who's now in the Philly area and I want to grow hot peppers. I was a USAF wife back in the 80s, and was stationed in Guam. When I left there, I tried to bring some boonie peppers back to the states, but they got confiscated by customs right off...