I was taking a few pictures of this years first batch of seedlings when i saw something worrying… ..what caught my eye is the dark lumps on the under sides of the leaves. Aphids. Unfortunately when growing chillies, battling aphids seems to become an annual battle. I’ve explained before about my regular 4 point plan…
The Serrano seeds from Wahaca that I planted in the first week in January are looking really healthy. As mentioned before i wish i’d only planted one seed per cell as I don’t enjoy thinning out seedlings. As you can see in the shot below some of the Wahaca seed sticks had up to 5…
Well, the snow has finally arrived here in the UK so I thought it about time I planted some more peppers. It’s almost exactly one month since I planted the first batch of chillies for 2012 and predictably i’ve got the itch to plant some more! Before planting the first batch, I said I was throwing…
For the last 3 years i’ve been using a home made light box to help increase the early season growth of my chillies. I’ve mentioned the box before but never really gone into a lot of detail about how it’s made. In this post i’ll break down the components used in it ans explain how i made…
As i’ve discussed before there are loads of different ways to germinate chilli seeds and everyone has their favourite method. I usually use a regular propagator placed on top of a reptile heat mat in order to boost the heat delivered to the seeds (it’s also much cheaper than a heated propagator). I did this for the fist week after…
As mentioned in my last post it’s time to start thinking about growing some chillies in 2012. The first week in January seems to be an excellent time to get some seeds in the dirt and get a really good early start to the growing season. I mentioned before about the free Serrano seeds I…
So it is just a week or two since I picked the last pepper pods of 2011 and now it is time to turn my thoughts to 2012. Over the past few years my seed box has grown and grown and rarely been cleared out as you can see. I’ve decided this is the year…
Recipes don’t get much simpler than this. If you can fry some courgettes you can make this delicious vegetarian tart. This is a great vegetarian lunch dish – perfect served with a salad or alternatively served as a side at a bbq. I usually cheat and use ready made pastry as its so much easier…
If you like Habanero peppers then you will love this recipe. Habaneros produce such a wonderful flavour that it’s best not to add too many different ingredients to a salsa such as this. Habanero salsas are served with most meals all of the Yucatan peninsula. While traveling around Mexico a few years ago we became…