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Devv's 2015 - 16, Life is good!

Well here we go again!
 
I just got finished planting seeds for 70 plants. Scaling back a bit this year; last year was a lot of work! That and I have to do more than garden this season ;)
 
My apologies as I can't remember shit where I got all the seeds from. Some were harvested from pods some I saved, and some were sent to me. I can say this 99% originated from the most generous THP members!
 
Without further ado, here's the 2015 list:
 
Red 7 Pot Lava: Mikey
Black Thai        : Mikey
Yellow Jonah  : Mikey
Jack’s Choc Superhot: Mikey
Red Bhutlah   : Mikey
Tepin x Lemmon drop
Pimenta Lisa : Stefan
Brazilian Starfish
Bell
Poblano
Billy Biker
Jalapeno
Jimmy Nardello
Bishops Crown
Sweet Hungarian Paprika
Bahamian Goat
Urfa Biber
Jelly Bean White Hab
Jigsaw
Nagabrain F4
Numex Jalamundo
Cream Fatalii
Isabella Island Hab: Jim
Cherry Bomb: Jim
Moa
Kurt’s
JA Habs
White Bhut
Anaheim
Jigsaw
Burgundy
Ma Wiri wiri: Jim
Pepperdew: Jim
Pimenta De Padron: Jim
Wild tepin: Jim
Jigsaw
Six secrets from Stefan
Orange Primo: Mikey
Choc Bhutlah
Scotch Bonnet x Indian Red
Red Lava: Mikey
White Hab
Naga King: Rick
BOC: Rick
 
I leaned more towards peppers my wife can eat. After all she helped me quite a bit, I might as well grow some for her ;)
 
Last season was a challenge regarding what was what. I eventually figured them out, but was not happy with the confusion. And yeah, I'm easily confused.
 
Here's a pic of the 70 starters:
 
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Trying something different, the Jiffy's are numbered and will be entered into a spreadsheet. As they pop, they will go into the solo cups with permanent marker to label them.
 
This year I'm starting things in the converted hunting room (man cave?). LB wanted the extra bedroom back ;)  The room is part of the shop; 24x8 and insulated. It's been rather nasty for the last 4 or 5 days, damp and temps below 52°, but it was 68° in there a few minutes ago. Also I'm trying a heating mat to help with germination, which was abysmal IMHO last year.
 
Anyone who knows how I fly, knows I like to grow in the dirt. I have a few in containers from last season, but they just don't do as well.
 
I put a ton (literally) of work into the soil since the start of last season.
 
I feel soil preparation is the key to success:
 
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I tilled in over 24 yards of RCW and 10 yards of shredded leaves after pulling the plants in the fall.
 
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I then planted Crimson Clover and Rye as a cover crop, this pic is from 2 weeks ago..
 
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The area I planted the cover crop in is 2,300 to 2,500 square feet. Half is framed for sunshade. A must in the 100% summer sun the garden gets. There's some Comfrey of the left ;)
 
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Dec. 6th I tilled in the whole shootin' match. I waited too long. But I do like it when it darkens up. This is what it looks like after 2 2" deep passes. If you wait too long the roots form a sod, this makes for a bad day of tilling. I got this far and decided to call it. Shiner time!

Once I'm sure most is dead and wont come back when I water crop 2 goes in.
 
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On 12-10

The grass on top has dried, and rain is forecast through Sunday (yeah right), so I tilled again. It brought up the grass from below and now the garden looks like last Sunday. I went a couple of notches deeper this time to break up more of the roots. I spread rye seed and watered for 45 minutes. It should come up quickly as the weather is warm for a week or more. 50's-70's.
 
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This is the garden today, the second cover crop is just coming up. And I have to prep an area for onions, which hit the dirt January 15th. The rest gets tilled in at the end of the month.
 
I fly out of here tomorrow afternoon, and won't be back until a week from now. So I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
 
 
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I hope I don't catch Hell for this, but I PMed Scott the other day, and discovered that he has had a relapse of the pneumonia that knocked him out of action just recently. There are other possible complications that I won't divulge. Godspeed to you, bro.
 
You know I been thinking about Scott a lot hear lately .
I was just talking to mom the day about how he has been battling this & I was afraid he been doing bad again etc.
Thoughts & prayers to you & your family Scott hope you get better soon
 
Jim,
 
Thanks for letting us know about Scott.  It has been quite lately and I sure hope he starts to feel better soon.  He has been teaching a lot of us through his Glog and I always look forward to seeing what new things he has done as well as how nice his garden looks.
 
Here is praying for Scott as well as LB.
 
Bill
 
Be well Scott... sending good vibes to you and LB. I can sympathize... my wife's been home this past week with a cold and sinus infection.
 
Hi All,
 
I really appreciate the get well wishes!
 
Yeah, been really ill, especially the last 3.5 weeks. Been in the hospital 3 times, twice in the last two weeks. I've been diagnosed with bronchiectasis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. All are doable, and I still intend to be around kicking ass for quite some time. This last stay they slammed me with IV chems for 4 days. A round robin approach, and pretty much 24x7. I still have the shakes and my mouth and lips are burned. Hah! My blood sample went to the Center of Infectious Disease, or whatever they call it...
 
Enough of that....
 
It's been raining here, this is how it was when we moved here in '78, up until the early 90's. I've watered 3 times; the day I planted and twice since. The peppers and mater production have been hampered by the hail, it hit when they were setting fruit. I haven't been in the garden more than an hour since mid April, and LB has been shuttling me to the doctors and making visits, so the garden looks like hell. Pics as soon as it's presentable ;)
 
So for now I won't be on much as I convalesce.
 
Scott
 
Devv said:
Hi All,
 
I really appreciate the get well wishes!
 
Yeah, been really ill, especially the last 3.5 weeks. Been in the hospital 3 times, twice in the last two weeks. I've been diagnosed with bronchiectasis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. All are doable, and I still intend to be around kicking ass for quite some time. This last stay they slammed me with IV chems for 4 days. A round robin approach, and pretty much 24x7. I still have the shakes and my mouth and lips are burned. Hah! My blood sample went to the Center of Infectious Disease, or whatever they call it...
 
Enough of that....
 
It's been raining here, this is how it was when we moved here in '78, up until the early 90's. I've watered 3 times; the day I planted and twice since. The peppers and mater production have been hampered by the hail, it hit when they were setting fruit. I haven't been in the garden more than an hour since mid April, and LB has been shuttling me to the doctors and making visits, so the garden looks like hell. Pics as soon as it's presentable ;)
 
So for now I won't be on much as I convalesce.
 
Scott
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Oy! It was a lot worse than we thought... glad you pulled out the hat trick though... it sounds like the "cure" was pretty drastic. Hopefully you're out of the woods now... we're pullin' for ya!
 
Scott,
 
Glad as heck to here you are on the mend.   Take the down time, you will have plenty of more time in the years to come to futz the garden.  Besides, you know that most of us have more peppers than we know what to do with, so if your garden has a low year, I know I got plenty to share, even if I did cut back a lot this year.
 
I am just glad to see something from you and hear some encouraging news.
 
As for the RA, heck Capsaicin is good for it.   I am proof of that!
 
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