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  Thanks Paul! It may not look like it, but it was a chore getting that garden planted this year. I could not have done it without my crack team...More on them later!

  Thanks CaneDog! I guess I meant that I would always grow some form of Big Jim every year...I've grown them all and they're all absolutely wonderful chiles.   However, I probably will stick with the "Legacy" for several reasons, not the least of which is that it was developed by "Big Jim"...

The girls and I finally got all the plants in the lovely rich soil of Eastern DeSoto Parish, Louisiana this morning:  

  Those seeds could not be in better hands, Paul! Thanks so much for growing them...

Mitch, this could be my garden! Especially with Texas Pequin, I find that after a year or two of planting it in the same spot, it always comes back on its own...In fact, all my attempts to eradicate it from a certain bed in my big garden have met with failure, so this year I finally ceded that...

  Shane!!! Awesome!!! It's been so long, my friend!!! Thanks so much for your kind words...I will never forget that epic Birgit's Locoto plant you grew that one year...I look forward to seeing what you are up to these days, as well. Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

  Excellent plan Mitch! Do you have a glog? I would love to see the progress...

  Thanks Richard!!! Dude, it is SO good to hear from your!!! You should know it's largely because of your encouragement and enthusiasm to grow green chile that I am completely obsessed with it now!!! Thanks so much for that, my friend!!!   Check out this video I made of our first run with the...

  Awesome dude!!! I'm looking forward to seeing pix of those Dreadies!!! Man, I miss growing that one...

  The New Mexico varieites actually grow and produce very well here in Louisiana. Humidity is not the problem, it's root rot...The plants do not like to have their feet wet for more than a few hours. However, I've found that when I build my beds very high, like 18-24", and use plenty of hardwood...

Rob, I was a huge Chilhuacle Rojo fan for several years, original seeds from the late, great, dear, sweet Beth Boyd. The flavor is very rich and deep, especially in the dried pods, with notes of licorice and pipe tobacco. (It sounds like b.s., but I am not kidding!) The heat level is actually...

  Ah, the Florida Parishes! I love that part of Louisiana...I was down there for a retreat just a couple of weeks ago...Wonderful soil and so much rainfall! And, yes, the people are so very kind...   You will definitely not regret growing the Wartryx! Also, I have pure isolated Primo seed from...

Taj, I've been away from THP for a few years, as well, but I haven't stopped growing in all that time...I do love to get nostalgic for my early days on THP, and I miss some of the guys that helped me through those formative years but don't seem to be around here any more: wayright, capsidadburn...

  Lol, Eric, it's funny how that works, right??? Don't go to all that trouble just for me...I've had similar experience with NuMex 6-4 and NuMex Sandia Select getting really tall and very bushy... 

  Lol, no you're right, Paul...Yellow 7 is normally smooth, but sometimes it gets bumpy....The Yellow 7 and Bonda Mahala both seem to exhibit some bumpiness during certain times of the season, but I can't say exactly when...   I've got plenty of F7 Mahala seeds, which are essentially stable, so...

  Thanks Paul! You may notice from the video that for the last 3 or 4 generations I've been selecting a bit more toward the Yellow 7 parent, as I was going for more heat than the early generations were putting out...

  Thanks for growing it! I'm looking forward to seeing how the peppers come out...   Thanks for stopping by...I will keep this thing updated!

  Hey Paul! It's so good to hear from you!!! My granddaughter Nova and her squad are responsible for the maintenance of those beds now...As you can see, they take much pride in their work, and I couldn't be happier with it myself!   Bonda Mahala is, in fact, what I am now calling Charles'...

  I still have seeds from the Karpathos pepper, as well...I was looking back through my notes and was amazed to find that I have not grown it since 2015!!! Such a noble pepper, that one...It's a crime to not grow it, because it is truly everything I love about a good pepper!   Good luck with...

While Nova and her squad were finishing up the hog fence upgrade last Saturday I managed to put the F8 Bonda Mahala plants in the ground. In the top bed are my taro plants, from rhizomes sent me by Julio Lopez in Puerto Rico: