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So I recently have started noticing big red ants on my pepper plants. On further inspection I also see that I have aphids but the ants are eating all the aphids. Nice, or so I thought since the ants are not really hurting the plant at all. This morning when I was watering one of them, it looks...

Last season my dad gave me a couple zip lock bags full of some peppers that he had extra. They are a Datil - Habanero cross of some sort I think. Either way, I am making room in my freezer this weekend so I thought I would try to make a new sauce. I do not want to ferment this one just process...

I purchased this plant as a tiny little fella at the end of last growing season. I kept it alive over winter and in the past month or two it has really taken off and nearly doubled in size. It started flowering a couple weeks ago and pods have started to develop. The nursery I purchased it from...

A week or so ago I started building a new 55 gallon drum smoker build (UDS). This is my second one I have made and decided to do a few things different this time around. There are tons of ways to do these, this is my version.   First, acquire a barrel. This one was a sealed top oil barrel that...

My mom always brings me random things to try while BBQ'ing. This time it was a package of Dittle Datil rub that she picked up in St. Augustine. I haven't tried it but we will tomorrow. I put the butt on the smoker around noon and it just got done a few minutes ago and is in a cooler resting.      

So, riding on the coat tails of my first successful ferment I am venturing into number 2. My parents gave me a pepper plant called basket of fire. It was loaded with ripe and near ripe pods and in the past couple weeks I have gotten quite the bounty. That mixed with some tiny Datil peppers from...

So my parents were at a local nursery yesterday and grabbed me a couple new pepper plants. One was labled scorpion and the other is labled as "pepper hot - basket of fire". I think it looks like a tabasco plant but not sure. Any ideas? Thanks.      

Hello all,   I have read pages and pages of threads about people fermenting peppers and such and watched the natural progression as it goes through the process. I have always made my own BBQ sauces from brown sugar and molasses versions to vinegar and spices. The majority of the time they come...

Hello there,   I have been reading around on this site for a couple weeks or so gathering some information around my new hobby. So, everything has progressed really rapidly but I will give you a brief rundown. I am a member of several different kinds of forums so I know all about the welcome...