For the past few years my life has taken a shift towards being a caregiver and I have had some setbacks with my small operation - including my original large greenhouse toppling a couple winters ago. As a result, I have had less greenhouse space to work with, and less time, so I have had to turn...
The article just went up today: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/communities/pictou-county/westvilles-super-hots-canada-food-and-plants-has-spent-years-growing-some-of-the-worlds-hottest-peppers-100614557
Pleasant surprise today.. A local news reporter reached out to me on Instagram wanting to interview me after seeing photos of my Hurt Berry pods. I think it went well and she walked with a pod to try and some homegrown catnip. :)
It's been five years since I originally built my company website and it's been gravely out of date.. Today I finally launched a brand-new revamped website - https://www.superhots.ca
I've been pretty absent from posting on here for a long time now, but I just poked around and noticed this thread - we have the same birthday. lol - So happy belated birthday! :)
Just don't bother with Ontario just yet.. Apparently their provincial government hasn't bothered to plan out a strategy so they have -zero- locations to buy in the whole damn province. lol
Canada Post has a very slim offering of flat-rate boxes.. Where you're in Ontario you might have a chance at finding a location that offers them. The link below gives details, along with a link to a list of the post offices that offer them:
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Welcome to the club, Heather! :D
.. and damn.. I've been working my butt off for the past few years to try and build a small business on very limited land here in Nova Scotia. I so very much wish I had even a single acre of land for my greenhouses, but I live on a property that's only about...
So.. "just a prank" that he coupled with his "surprise" that people would fall for such hype that he just -happened- to decide to exploit for his own profit by slapping the "Pepper X" label on some hybrid that he rushed to market with a nice, expensive price tag... And in that screenshot above...
It could happen in time, but before it does there's always Jim Duffy who was quick to rush to market with a "Pepper X" of his own - very likely in an attempt to cash in on the hype around the name and the confusion he knew he would create by doing so (regardless of how clear he is that his...
What stands out to me right away is that there's no mention of who created the cross, they claim they have no idea what peppers were crossed and they've slapped a Russian mythical name on it.. all seems to have the goal of making it seem mysterious.. To me it looks like a brown/chocolate...
My full business name is "Super Hots Canada Food and Plants" - but only because the rules in my province demand certain elements in a business to describe what you primarily do/offer (unless your a corporation - then they let you have just about any name you want).. But yup, it works out...
Exactly.. Marketing isn't my strong point, but I'm learning and this next season I intend to do far better. I'm finally starting to build a following locally - including owners of local pizza shops and restaurants, and I've made it to the local Farmer's Market a couple of times.. That's a...
My operation is still quite small (grew around 200 plants this past season and aiming for 400+ this next season), but I do plan to start focusing towards shipping fresh peppers this next season. Because of the climate we have, my peppers usually aren't ready in any real amounts until at least...
Thanks for the offer, AJ - I certainly appreciate that, but it's not needed. My background is in web development & graphic design, so I already have my own hosting. I can easily setup any domains/subdomains with CMS's like WordPress within a few clicks. :)
Super Hots Canada Food and Plants
Built from scratch and has been up for over a year and listed on my business cards. Though, to date, there's not been a single order placed through my website. I haven't heard from anyone to indicate that there might be errors with the shop/checkout, so I'm...