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I just checked my seed swap records, and the Chilhuacle I sent you, Jeff, was a Negro.  The pod shape is the same as the Rojo's I've grown in the past.  The Chilhuacle Amarillo has a different shape though.  Here is a pic of mine from last year.     Looks more like a typical NuMex type chile...

Has your plant out happened yet?  We need some recent pics!   Got mine in last weekend, and I am taking most of the leftovers to church Sunday.  Already posted on the church's Facebook page, so that people can put dibs on what they want.  The tomatoes were spoken for almost immediately, and the...

Things are looking good there, JJJ!  Nice score on those barrels too.   Our irrigation comes from a local reservoir, but is stored in these huge tanks they buried in the hill behind our subdivision.  Not sure how much higher than our property they are, but if just using gravity, it's enough to...

Rick, I had to go back and look through last years glog 'cause I wasn't sure when I started podding up last year.  The first pod pic was dated 6-8-12, so I am at least a week ahead of last year, and the plants are much bigger with most of them already blooming this time around.  I think you and...

Looking good, Rick!  Those pods are nice sized for this early in the season.  I've got some teeny, tiny pods already, but that's way earlier than last year.  Guess it was worth putting up with that jungle indoors to already have pods this soon after planting out.

  Yeah, I thought about that.  Sure don't want to pound all those in again!  What if the hoops ran across the rows instead of down them (north to south, not east to west).  Do you know what mean?  So there would be 4 short sections that covered all three rows, instead of three 20' sections.  Not...

The dew point is 24 degrees, and the low is now pred. at 38 degrees.  So is that a low enough dew point, or are we likely to get a frost?  There is some cloud cover.  Isn't a frost more likely with a clear sky?  Trying to remain hopeful!   With the winds, I'm not sure a row cover wouldn't do as...

  Thanks, Pia!  The plants were getting so tall right before plant out that I was beginning to wonder if starting them so early was a mistake, but now I'm glad I did.  Hoping for some earlier harvests this year!     I hear ya on the wind!!!  Every time I think we are going to get a break from...

  I am sorry to hear about your mom, and don't blame you for not wanting to put her in a nursing home.   That Birgit's Locoto is going to take off as soon as it has time to spread its roots a bit.  Can't wait to see how big it will get.  My t-posts in the pepper patch are only 4' tall, so not...

I took a video yesterday with some wind going, but I think yours has mine beat!  I'm happy to lose that contest though.  The forecast had called for a 60% chance of thunderstorms today, which translates into 100% chance of gusty winds, a strong possibility of lightning strikes, and maybe 20%...

    Hi Scott!  Thanks for watching the video!  It's a Nikon Coolpix L310.  I set it to record, but thought it wasn't running yet, so I apologize for the craziness at the beginning of the video.  I'll do better next time.   I started not to post it at all, but figured you guys could look past my...

Wow, I thought you were past all the cold weather by now!  At least you have the hoops and frost blanket set up to protect everything!   The predicted low here on Thursday night is 40, but that could change between now and then.  Sure hope we don't see a frost, now that all my babies are in the...

The video has been uploaded to YouTube, but for some reason I was unable to import it into my Windows Movie Maker program for editing, so there is about a minute  (58 sec) on the front end, and maybe another 15 seconds at the end that I really wanted to cut off.  So just skip through the part...

Woke up this morning, and it was around 50 degrees, clear skies, and NO WIND!!!   So I planted 16 peppers in the veggie bed here at the house, and a couple leftovers in some containers.  As soon as I finished, the winds started whipping again! :banghead:   Here is a before and after shot:    ...

  Have a confession to make, Rick.  I took the solar fabric down to the garden with me yesterday, and started laying it out, and realized the staples were here at the house.         :doh:        I was in a time crunch, so I moved ahead without it.  May try using it for  the pumpkins and melons...

Well, the hotties hit the dirt today!!!   It was really too hot, and too windy (20 - 40 mph) to plant out, but the hubby wasn't too keen on me spending Memorial Day down at the community garden, so I had to take my opportunity to spend 4 hours without the kids when I could get it.  The plants...

Well, the plant-out has officially begun!!!     :dance:     Got both Earthboxes filled this afternoon.  I put mostly jalapeno types in there.  All the hotties will go down at the community garden.   #1       #2       Close-ups   Zapotec Jalapeno       NuMex Pinata        Biker Billy Hybrid  ...

The winds are not quite as bad today, in the 15 - 30 mph range, instead of 25 - 40 mph.  Hey, I'll take it!   Spent 3 1/2 hours down at the community garden, getting it ready for planting day.   Before (The plot has been tilled, and the t-posts for the pepper rows are still up from last year):  ...

Well, I may not be able to plant out yet, but the winds probably won't kick up until afternoon, so I am hoping for a couple hour field trip for the plants this morning.

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