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    Santa Rita Hills CA, Going to the market!

    Bunch of Fresnos started poking their heads up. I will start posting pictures tonight.
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    Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Anaheim Chili Peppers

    Ill be making this! looks great!
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    Santa Rita Hills CA, Going to the market!

    So I am pretty new to this all. Last year I grew about 100 total pepper plants in my backyard and it went well enough. Fatalli, Ghosts, NuMex Twilights, Orange Habs, and a few others. I sold them to friends and family as well as pickled lots and sold them to the co-workers which was a hit. This...
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    Demonic Pumpkin Seed Stout

    when are you brewing this lovely thing? I grew a pumpkin patch this year and plan on doing it again next year. I would love to add this brew to my nexts years batch! I am brewing some apple wine here at the house and would love to do a trade!
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    What makes a cider, a cider? and not something else?

    It all depends on where you are from. Cider is freshly pressed with sediment. Hard cider ferments with its own sugars. Apple wine you mix in an external sugar source. Juice is no sediment and clear. However like what was said above… there is an endless argument what it is. Rock on Salsalady...
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    wine Apple Wine and Shiraz

    I just saw we had a brew tab! Sweet! Just started my 2nd season of making apple wine! I pressed 22 gallons of cider with a press I found in in a field and restored. The apple wine is made from mixed apples from an organic orchard, honey from our own beehives and Champaign yeast. Also stumbled...
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    chinense Plant ID...seeds were supposed to be Ghost Pepper

    I grew some C. Chinese I bought from the NSCI and they look pretty darn close to those. I have one Ghost I labeled “Ghost 3” that have a sweet fruit like taste to them and absolutely no heat. Other plants from the same seed selection grew and are mild in heat… I also grew pepperoncini and the...
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    greenhouse Building a greenhouse!

    This is a great set up! I just came into a 20 ft x 10 ft x 12 foot metal frame building. I am looking to cover it and hoping it will serve me well. awesome set up again!
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