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I work at a shop that builds murphy beds but business is slow and times are tough so I build and sell things in my spare time for a little extra money.  These are made out of reclaimed pine with 1" oak dowels for the handle.  Since the wood has been repurposed it may have nail/screw holes and...

So a few months ago I was bored and sick of dehydrating peppers and decided to try fermenting some.  I've never fermented anything before.  I took about a dozen kinds of peppers and threw them in the blender, then transferred them into a jar with salt... I don't remember how much salt but I'm...

Went to Durango, CO on a beer run and along the way stopped off for a walk around Chaco Canyon.  If you've never heard of it it's a canyon in the middle of nowhere here in NM that was home to the Anasazi people roughly 1000 to 1200 years ago.    To put this in perspective there were no...

Anyone have any idea what kind of bug builds a shell out of leaf and plant material?  About an inch long, and they're hanging from the underside of our hop leaves but they're not permanently affixed... they can and do move as they eat. They're eating the crap out of the hops and the "shells" are...

So how long can plants live underwater?  I have submerged peppers.  Hard to tell in pic but under water there are (were) rows and furrows about 6" deep/tall.  Water is over the levy and approaching the steps to the house.  Yay!    

For some reason I can no longer post anything with Firefox.  I thought it was only pictures causing trouble but when I came to this forum and tried to post about the problem all that happens when I hit "preview" or "post" it just reloads the same page with an empty comment box and tells me I...

So 100 plants are in the ground, and have been for a couple of weeks. It's early. The average last frost date is May 16th and even later in the valley which is where I'm at. Tonight there's a freeze warning so I covered what I could with buckets (about 40 plants). How much death should I...

So in a previous thread I mentioned I was hoping to start a very small pepper business, nothing fancy just pods and powder at local markets and through contacting the nearest farmers market I learned I needed to have a food processor permit if I wanted to sell anything other than fresh peppers...

Went to Taaj Palace @ Eubank & Constitution last night for a dinner buffet and noticed a new sign announcing "Extremely Hot Phaal Curry available by request" so we inquired and ended up getting a half order to test it out. We were pleasantly surprised by the heat level, which was actually...

Went opening day this year. Was a little sad NMSU had no Moruga Scorpion plants for sale this year but will count on my sprouts to provide enough. Met Salsalady and assured her Friday's crowd was "light" (it's always been elbow to elbow on the weekends). CaJohn's set up an "Execution Station"...

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro - You have to see how it acts in your glass after you pour it hard. Always a favorite of mine. Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar - Not something I'd drink a lot of but definitely interesting. Strong nutty flavor. Olvisholt Brugghus Lava Smoked Imperial Stout - Delicious...

I'm primarily considering dried pods and powder, nothing fancy. Currently I only have a small garden so I'm only expecting 40-50lbs of dried peppers this year but my wife and I have access to five +/- more acres should we decide to expand. I've emailed the local farmers markets to get...

I got a care package today, including fresh douglahs, brown & red 7 pot, 7 pot barrackpore, morouga scorps, chocolate habs, and one unidentified pepper. Person who grew it said the seeds were labeled douglahs and it was growing amongst his douglahs, but one of the plants was not like the...

So here's a few pictures of my humble pepper garden. First, "the pepper forest". I really packed them in this year just to see what happens. So far so good I think. There's other raised beds and buckets scattered about but this is by far the densest area of the garden. Freakin cucumbers...

I bought these at the last minute because I just didn't have enough plants crammed into my limited growing space. They were labeled "Tabasco" but I didn't think anyone was legally entitled to use that name. Do they look like tabasco peppers? (I've never grown or seen an actual tabasco pepper)...

Anyway I like beer. Some favorites in no particular order would be Rogue Chocolate Stout, Stone Smoked Porter, Ayinger Celebrator, Rochefort Trappistes (6 8 or 10 but I like 8 the best), Anchor Steam, Anchor Porter, and Anchor Bock. I'm not big on IPAs but when I do indulge in one I prefer...

Can someone tell me what this plant so I can decide whether to yank it out to make more room for veggies? This location had an herb garden years ago so I thought it might be some kind of sage or mint but leaves have no recognizable smell other than "green" like grass. I've seen it before but I...

Excellent Thai food and their "Thai Hot" is actually pretty spicy, unlike most other Thai restaurants in town. The best part is they have several more heat levels not listed on their menu. The menu gives diners the option of "Mild, Medium, New Mexico Hot, and Thai Hot" but if you ask they'll...

I normally put two to three seeds in each pot and cull them down to one. Most of the seedlings this year are varieties I haven't previously grown, and I guess I wasn't expecting near 100% germination and find myself reluctant to waste them. I also don't really have the resources to try to...

So anyone here do any spicy vegetarian cooking? My gf is vegetarian borderline vegan (eats eggs but no dairy) and I've kind of managed to get her strung out on hot peppers so I find myself improvising a lot making things like chile rellenos using black beans and rice to stuff them with instead...