Gardening - Anyone grow any interesting peppers?

My daughter and I grow Serrano peppers in our garden every year. They're fantastic.

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I grow a raised garden

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What did you use to make your boxes? I'm interested in taking on this project this spring.

Pics?

I had one years back I made out of 2x8 pine. That lasted a few years before rotting away. I knew it would happen, and I was ok with it as I didn't want to use treated lumber for food.

2 years back I rebuilt into this design out of composite decking. It's 2 pieces wide/deep and I cut strips of scrap decking to join them on the inside of the box.

I can grow a TON of stuff in a relatively small area. Each year I top off the soil with chicken manure. The stuff is excellent but not cheap. Its ~$8 a bag at Naylor's Hardware but worth every penny.

These pics are from the spring of '09. We start most of our plants indoors from seed each year.

Yeah, I've debated the ghost pepper as well. The seeds are all over the internet now. I just don't see any purpose. From everything i can tell, they are just too hot to consider eating. I like heat but I like it to taste it as well.

Never been to In and Out nursery...do they tend to have unusual plants?

It's basically recycled milk jugs and grocery bags etc (polyethylene plastic) and saw dust. There's no perfect material I suppose.

Cool. I blame you for my trip to Home Depot tomorrow.

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Black Russian

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I have never had any luck growing the "Black Krim" in Mississippi. I don't know if it was too much sun or what. I had a solar screen over the Krim's but they still scalded.

All of my other tomato varieties did fantastic.
Principe Borghese is my favorite to grow.

I grow some super chile's every year they are about 8 inches long, last year some Peter pepper and they made really well. Each bush probably had 50 peppers on it at a time. That sold real well at farmers market, it was funny to see those old ladies look at a pepper shaped like a penis. I also grow blushing beauty which is a yellow bell pepper

Are you referring to the grid? There's a rough guide of what you can grow in a single square foot. I've replaced the grid in that image with rows of pvc irrigation that help me divide up everything.

When I built the box, I put in a layer of landscape fabric. I wrapped that up to the top edge on the inside and stapled it into place. The only weed issues I get is grass growing up right along the side.

Since the boxes are raised, they drain out perfectly. I've never had any issue with them holding water, even in heavy rains.

There is certainly some expense up front setting the beds up, but year after year it's so easy to grow and maintain.

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And prolly some I can't remember. May cut back this year. I usually get tired of messing with peppers way before they quit producing.

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Same here, but each year about this time I go crazy again. I've had little success with standard bells. Most other peppers I can't use or give them away fast enough.

Each year I narrow down what I like, and try to grow 4 or 5 new things. It keeps it exciting