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Hey group, been a while since I've been here. Last summer sucked in my area (see below). Anyways, what do you folks know about square foot gardening and peppers? Here's what I'm considering doing and I'd love to know anyone else's experiences with anything similar... I live in USDA Zone 7B...

I decided this year to take the advice given here to pinch off any early buds and blossoms to help grow a sturdier, stronger plant that would produce more later in the season. Or something. All I know is I've read to pinch. My question is, therefore, when is it time to stop pinching and let...

For Thanksgiving, my wife made a raspberry pie, and it was pretty awesome. Now raspberry chipotle sauces have become really popular of late. So I got an idea the other day: chipotle raspberry pie. Has anyone ever tried making it before? Recipes, anyone? We're trying our own experiment with...

The local Mexican grocery store has become my own heaven. They were stocking red habaneros for a while, and now when I went in today, no red habs, but they had some nice big (and well-corked) red jalapenos. Best of all: 79 cents a pound. That's even cheaper than the green ones anywhere else...

Another great one from my mystery mix from Rainbow. Started green, went purple, then eventually red (took a long time from green to purple-- about 6-8 weeks, but went purple to red in the span of about a week). Habanero-type shape, but with a pointy end. Photo...

And I have yet another ID question. I was out back watering and picking a cayenne (I had to, it was screaming at me to pick it, chop it up, and put it on my tacos tonight) when I saw this. It was on what I thought was a jalapeno plant. I had it clearly labeled when I repotted it, but time and...

I'm thinking this must be from the mystery mix I got with some seeds I ordered as it is nothing like any of the ones that I know I bought. Can someone help me out and tell me what it is? A close up... It looks awesome, I just wish I knew what it was!

Right now, all of my plants are outside in my backyard. They get direct sunlight from 8 am to about noon, shade from a nearby tree from noon to about 5, then a little late sun coming across from about 5 to 7 pm. With the temperatures here in Texoma getting into the 100+ degree range (including...

I had this problem with my Big Jim last year. And it came back this year. A couple peppers start growing on it and near the bottom (not all the way, but about 3/4 of the way down from the stem) a brown spot develops. It gets larger, kind of long. The brown area gets weak, kind of squishy and...

Nice little hot sauce shop in the Mentor/Painesville area (my hometown; 30 minutes east of Cleveland). This was the first hot sauce store I ever went to. Think I threw down about $80 there in my first visit in 2003. http://www.chilisfirepit.com/

So my apache plant has started spewing forth peppers. I've only eaten one so far just by itself. My question is of what to do with the things. The taste was alright, but nothing amazing. They're too small to stuff obviously, maybe good for drying, pickling, or slicing up in quesadillas and...

http://pixiestixkidspix.wordpress.com/awesome-resources-for-reading-and-kid-lit/latawnya-the-naughty-horse-learns-to-say-no-to-drugs/ I'm not sure whether to laugh, cry, or stare dumbfounded that a publisher could ever possibly print this.

Rather than re-copy everything and re-post the photos, I'll just link you to the blog that I posted this on. http://texomaheat.blogspot.com/2009/04/week-6-and-another-new-recipe.html Any recommendations on how to improve it, I'm all ears! The recipe starts around the first photo. DREW'S...

From hot peppers to the opposite end of the spectrum: what are your favorite sushi pieces? My top 5 nigiri: 1. Mackerel 2. Tuna 3. Salmon 4. Clam 5: Sea eel Favorite rolls: Philadelphia (salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber), New York (salmon skin, radish sprouts, and cucumber), I'll eat almost...

On Sunday, the wife and I decided to stop by Lowe's and Home Depot on our way home from Walgreen's hoping that I might find a Fresno plant. We left with $50 worth of plants, but none of them peppers. But we did pick up a Mr. Stripey tomato. She always wanted a bi-color tomato plant and we...

Peanut brittle is probably my favorite candy. So a couple weeks ago, I was at the home and garden expo here in WF and came across a table selling peanut brittle, including jalapeno peanut brittle, and even gave me a free sample. So yeah, I have a new favorite candy, to say the least. Not a...

I mentioned in my Introduction thread that I'm growing a bunch from seed for the first time. The only success I've had from seed before were some Hungarian wax plants last year. But I also didn't really know what I was doing until now either. I'll post a few pictures in here once I get them...

Any other big coffee lovers here? I'm talking beyond the normal enjoyment: I'm looking for the types who can identify a growing region while blindfolded. I didn't get into it really until I had a job in college at Starbucks for a year. What are some of your favorites? I'm a big fan of Middle...

Hey everyone, new guy here. I'm Drew, 24 from North Texas. Grew up near Cleveland, lived in Boston, had my college's largest (and perhaps only) hot sauce collection. Since moving to Texas in December 2005, I've started growing peppers, starting out with a few plants from the local Wal-Mart...