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This is around late July.  Starting to get some good peppers.  My starfish really did well this year     Had this crazy double Starfish growing off the same stem.     My first 7 Pod White!       Early August.  The raised bed looks pretty good.  My Guatemalan Red Rocoto really took over the...

  Thanks!  I've been a total slacker on getting anything posted this year.   Thanks Jim.  This was by far the best harvest I've ever had.  Getting them in a greenhouse early seemed to do the trick.  We'll see if that works next year, or if it was just a fluke

I haven't posted much this year, but it doesn't mean I didn't grow peppers!  (just been super busy).  So here is my 2016 pepper story told with images   This is sometime in March.  I had really poor luck with germination this year.  Probably 1/5 of my seeds either didn't germinate or died within...

  I will.  I try each year but that weekend is like the Bermuda Triangle to me.  There is always 4 major things that come up on that weekend for some stupid reason.

That looks awesome!!!  What a great hot sauce resource for locals to have! 

  Ha!  I'm the same way.  Grow 100-120 head of garlic each year, and probably 80% of it goes into sauces

  You know, I really don't know.  I'm kind'a perplexed.  I prepped the seeds by soaking them overnight in water, and then promptly forgot about them and planted them the next day.  So they were in water for almost 2 days.  That might be too long.  I'm prepping/germinating my cayenne and jalapeno...

How's everyone's plants doing so far this year?  I had pretty bad germination rates this year, 58% of my seeds germinated.   I'm starting my cayennes and cracked jalapenos today.  Going with triple redundancy this time

Well, I got pretty crappy germination rates on my seeds this year: 58% And it didn't help that I went one day too long before watering and found half of them all wilty.  They recovered once I watered them, but some of the starts have crumpled up leaves.  We'll see how it goes.  C.flexuosum - 0/4...

Yea yea, not a sauce I know.  But I was pretty proud of this one tonight.  Did a flank steak with a pineapple Jamaican Jerk teriyaki marinade...and it was AWESOME!!!   Ok for the marinade: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/3 cup Japanese Mirin (you can get this in any Asian grocery store) 1/2 cup Japanese...

Got my first hooks a few days ago.  Trinidad Scotch Bonnet for the win!  

Thanks everyone!  Here's to a good 2016 grow season for all.   January 12: Started soaking the seeds for 24 hours   January 14: Oops, was supposed to plant seeds yesterday...oh well.  12 hours extra in water shouldn't hurt(?)   Last year I used peat pellets to start my seeds in.  They are super...

Thats plenty warm for them to ripen.  Have patience.  If you get a bit antsy, you might pick a couple and put them in a paper bag with a banana.  Check on them evey few days

I'm trying a couple new varieties this year for the first time.  I've got 2 rotocos and a couple of supers, but the one I'm most excited about is 7 Pod White.  My main goal for 2016 is to come up with a tasty white hot sauce recipe.  

State of the Garden Address (2015 / 2016) In 2015 I decided to experiment with a bunch of new peppers I’d never tried before.  Some I liked and some I won’t be growing again.  About half the plants I grew were staple ones that I grow every year.  Here is a breakdown of my thoughts on each from...

I've got two 8' x 3' x 18" raised beds.  I space the plants about 16" apart on the X axis, and offset each plant by about 6" on the Y axis (shown below).  This has worked out pretty well for me.  The plants don't get too crowded, and it's easy to maintain and harvest pods.  Two years ago I grew...

  A few more than last year.  24 plants in the raised beds, same as last year.  24 plants seem just about perfect for me.  I'm gonna put 4 cayennes and 4 jalapenos in buckets though.  I can never seem to get enough of those :)   What about you?  More or less than last year? 

I'll chime in a bit to what other people have said.  For me it's all about the flavor I'm looking for in the sauce.  I personally love vinegar.  Not white vinegar mind you...too strong, no flavor...bleh!  But all the other kinds of vinegar I love and often sip with a spoon.  Some of my favorites...

Woohoo 2016!!!!  Glad to see the new PNW Glog up and running   I just finalized my 2016 list and put in an order at pepper lovers for the seeds I didn't have.  Most are tried and true for me, but about a third are gonna be new for me to grow.    C.flexuosum (2) Aji Cito (1) Aji Peruvian (1) Aji...

  hmmm...interesting.  I was able to checkout as a guest, so I still got my seeds for next year.  YAY!