Plot 66

It's time to turn up the heat. As chilli peppers have a long growing time before fruiting and ripening, they need to be started early.
I only included chilli's in my growing plans two years ago and I've never had trouble producing fruits from plants on the kitchen windowsill. This year I'm stepping up production as I've gone for 5 varieties and I'm going try some of them outside in...

I mentioned in an earlier post that the local 'Potato Day' had managed to pass me by all these years. The opportunity to peruse over 80 varieties of seed potato and to purchase, by the individual tuber if required, is a great initiative and I understand...

Here's the complete list of vegetable seeds I'll be attempting to grow in 2014. As in previous years, most will link to the seed company descriptions.
I'll do a separate post for the potatoes I've chosen in my continuing quest for the perfect baker.
CHILLI PEPPER...

It's rather sad of me I know, but when I'm away on vacation with the family I always make time to peruse the seeds on offer in the French shops, to bring back something different for the following growing year.
To be honest, most of the varieties are the same as the big seed companies offer over here, but it's still nice to grab a few. The wife gets expensive perfume, shoes and bags - I get seeds....