From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Preparing To Over Winter Chillies

October 11, 2009

Now that it looks like winter is fast approaching, i thought it was about time i started preparing some of my plants for the winter. As mentioned in our over wintering chillies article most chillies are not annuals as most people think. By taking your chilli plants you can get a massive head start on [...]

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How To Make Chilli Powder

October 8, 2009

We’ve had a couple of emails lately from people asking how to make chilli powder so we thought we’d put together a bit of a guide. Below is a summary of the main chilli powder ingredients used and instructions telling you how to make your own powder.
Making Chilli Powder
First of all you need to wash [...]

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How To Ripen Chillies

October 6, 2009

A question we are getting asked all of the time at this time of year is how to speed up the ripening process that occurs naturally in your chillies.
In nature the two things that help your chilli peppers ripen are a constant warm temperature and long sunny days (lot of light). As summer fades away [...]

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