anyone ever been to the Chile Pepper Institute?
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Yes, we were there in Las Cruces, NM in 2010 and toured the school, met some of the people involved, checked out the gardens, and ate wonderful Mexican food. It's not as large as I anticipated, but there were many large greenhouses, tractors, etc. that go along with gardening. We only stayed one day as school was in session (it was the end of August), but the fields were in full bloom and so many peppers I could recognize from the sidelines. I just wanted to pick them all!
The store where we purchased our seeds for 2011 was just a small room with lots of seeds, etc. At the store, they said they weren't really ready for the 2011 seeds sales, but we were welcome to purchase what they had. I don't know if they were selling pods yet. Nice people to talk with. If we went back again, I'd contact them as to which peppers they were growing that year and find out the best time to visit - and make an appointment.
Is there enough to do? At the school - probably not, but southern New Mexico has lots of stuff to do. One of the best places to eat is called 'The Post', which used to be a Pony Express stop.
The store where we purchased our seeds for 2011 was just a small room with lots of seeds, etc. At the store, they said they weren't really ready for the 2011 seeds sales, but we were welcome to purchase what they had. I don't know if they were selling pods yet. Nice people to talk with. If we went back again, I'd contact them as to which peppers they were growing that year and find out the best time to visit - and make an appointment.
Is there enough to do? At the school - probably not, but southern New Mexico has lots of stuff to do. One of the best places to eat is called 'The Post', which used to be a Pony Express stop.
Sounds fun. For those of you that grow or have a viable business related to hot foods, you can look as a visit as a tax write off, also
http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/conferences.php
Think tax write off