I have to report that the 2012 growing season is over me. The Chile Peppers lasted longer than all of the other crops, producing pods months after the Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Eggplant, and assorted other vegetables and herbs died off. The weather has taken its toll. There are no more pods or flowers.
This marks the end of my fifth growing season. I am getting better as every year I get more pods. This year also produced a bumper crop of Tomatoes.
My plan is to produce more pods next season.
The Chile Pepper community is awesome!. I've met a lot of great people.