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  1. Ornamental Hot Peppers Ornamental hot peppers are a great addition to any garden. They add beauty and spice and everything nice! As a vegetable gardener, you probably want to have a beautiful veggie garden! So why not grow some ornamental peppers to add pops of color and beauty! We have a whole selection of ornamental hot peppers that will look great in your landscape, plus you can harvest them for spicing up salsas, hot sauces, sandwiches, burgers, burritos, soups, stews, stir fries, you name it! The rainb...
  2. Guess how many seeds are in the jar for a chance to WIN! Seed Jar Contest Results: There were 6,755 seeds in the jar! Congrats to E.C. who was the closest with a guess of 6,721 – he won a $25 Gift Card + a Seed Catalog! Thanks to all your posted guesses on Facebook and Instagram! ORIGINAL CONTEST: Guess how many seeds are in the jar above for a chance to WIN a $25 Gift Card + a Seed Catalog!Those who entered submited Guessesby commenting on our posts on Facebook or Instagramfor a chance to win the prize. We announced the winner on February 1st, ...
  3. What is special about Hatch chile? What is special about Hatch chile? The reason Hatch Chile are so special is that they are considered by many to be the best tasting of all chile peppers - especially when roasted! The roasting really brings out the delicious flavors – the thick flesh of roasted Hatch Chile has the best buttery, smokey, intense flavor! You can smell the delicious aromas when you roast them, which gets your mouth watering, and after peeling. you can add them to a huge variety of recipes!The famous Hatch Chil...
  4. Pepper Seeds Pepper Seeds Sandia Seed carries over 100 peppers of the world that you can grow in your garden! Our seeds have very high germination rates and grow into a variety of peppers that are sure to please any pepper lover! We also specialize in New Mexican Chile seeds such as Hatch Chile seeds, Poblano seeds, and other New Mexican favorites.Want sweet, mild, hot or super hot pepper seeds?We got you covered on pepper seeds with every heat level, from no heat at all to wicked hot. Here is a list of o...
  5. Early Tomatoes: Varieties Looking for early tomato varieties? Sandia Seed has several ultra early tomato plants that are sure to please any tomato-lover. Our fastest growing tomatoes are also some of the best tasting tomatoes, too, so make sure to grow a few of these early tomato varieties in your garden to enjoy a longer tomato harvest season. These tomatoes are also great to grow if you're starting seeds later than you wanted, tomato seeds sprout fast and grow into robust plants quickly, so these short season ...
  6. Ghost Pepper Wings Recipe Ghost Pepper Wings Recipe Make and eat at your own risk! It may be snowing outside, but you’ll feel nice and warm on the inside after eating these delicious wings! Ingredients:2 ghost peppers (any variety, use more/less to taste)6 dried guajillo peppers1 C apple cider vinegar¼ C water¼ C honey¼ yellow onion5 garlic cloves¼ tsp cumin2 tsp salt½ lime (fresh squeezed) 2 pounds chicken wings (or go Vegan with Seitan strips)2 tsp baking powder1 tsp garlic powder1 tsp salt Directions:(Make sure you...
  7. Hot Pepper Comic "I'm not sure what the big deal is about Carolina Reapers... They don't have any heat."Hot Pepper Comic featuring the famous Carolina Reaper and a Bird Did you know birds can't feel the heat? In addition to spicing up hot sauce and salsas, some of our pepper seed customers grow our super hot peppers like the Carolina Reaper to dry and add to their seed mixes to discourage squirrels. Birds don't taste the heat but squirrels and other rodents do! Grow your own bird seed...
  8. Bird Seed Garden: Sunflower, Echinacea and Hot Peppers! Bird Seed Garden: Sunflowers attract Goldfinches! Grow your own Bird Seed Garden to produce organic bird seed with sunflowers or Echinacea flowers – plus you can grow some super hot peppers to help keep the squirrels and rodents away from your seed mix! What kind of seeds are in bird seed? There are a lot of different kinds of seeds marketed as bird seed from the stores, many include seeds for millet, safflower, and cracked corn – and of course sunflower seeds. We've found that most bir...
  9. Gardener Gifts - Top 5 Gift Ideas If you have a gardener in your life, they will always appreciate new seeds to grow! Seeds make the best gardener gifts and they can be grown, shared, and saved for years to use in the garden. Read on for more of our top gardener gift ideas... Here are some fun gift ideas for the gardener: TOP 5 GARDENER GIFTS: GARDENER GIFT #1:Pepper Seeds Pick unusual varieties to try, gardeners usually love to experiment with new varieties. We have over 100 varieties of peppers, so if you're gardener li...
  10. Homemade Chili Powder Recipe Homemade Chili Powder Recipe: ½ C Cumin ½ C Clove ½ C Cayenne 1½ C Paprika 1½ C Dried Pasilla 1½ C Dark Chile Powder 1½ C Light Chile Powder ¼ C Oregano ¼ C Garlic Powder 1 Handful Dried Chile de Arbol 1 Handful Dried Guajillo DIRECTIONS: Bring a medium sauce pan up to heat and quick roast your non-powder chiles until fragrant, this brings out the flavors and will enhance the flavor of your Chile powder. Remove from pan and let cool. Once cool, grind Chiles in blender and transfer to a...
  11. Jalapeno Mac and Cheese Recipe Make this deliciously spicy Mac and Cheese recipe to please any spice-lover. While regular mac and cheese could always use a little spicing up, so this is a great recipe to make it mouth-watering good. Spice up your life with this spicy jalapeno mac and cheese! Nothing is better for the winter season than a warm mac and cheese dish with a kick! Ingredients: 3 C elbow noodles ¼ C butter (or olive oil) 3 medium jalapenos (fine dice) 2 cloves garlic ¼ C all-purpose flour 2 C heavy cream (or use...
  12. Green Chile Stuffing Recipe Green Chile Stuffing: It’s not Thanksgiving without the stuffing! Spice it up and have them coming back for second with this recipe. Yields 8 servings Ingredients: 24 oz. Bread cubes, about 2 loaves of bread (toasted) 1 C Butter 2 ½ C Yellow onion diced 2 C Celery chopped 1 ½ C Roasted Medium Hatch Green Chile, peeled, deseeded and chopped 6 Cloves garlic 3 Tbs fresh sage 3 Tbs fresh parsley 3 Tbs fresh rosemary 1 Tbs Thyme 2 ½ C Vegetable stock or Chicken 2 Large eggs Directions: Cut b...
  13. Hot Honey Recipe Red Chile Infused Honey Recipe This Hot Honey Recipe is great for spicing up your biscuits! Ingredients: 5 dried Chile de Arbol 2 dried Chipotle peppers (smoke-dried Jalapenos) 2 dried Guajillo 2 c Wildflower honey or honey of your choice ¼ tsp salt Directions: Rough chop all your chiles to mor heat and flavor. In medium saucepan bring honey, chile, and salt up to 180 degrees. Let cook at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, make sure the heat is not to high or else your honey will boil over and ...
  14. Pickled Fresno Peppers Recipe Pickled Fresno Peppers: Must try pickled Fresno Peppers that’ll have you eating them out of the jar! Ingredients: Yield: 1 pint 1 C unseasoned rice vinegar 1 ½ tsp coriander seeds 1 ½ tsp sugar (or skip if you're cutting out sugar!) 1 ½ tsp kosher salt ½ teaspoon peppercorns 5 red Fresno peppers, thinly sliced Directions: Bring all ingredients except peppers up to boil, stir to ensure sugar has been dissolved. Then put peppers into a canning jar and add boiled vinegar mixture on top,...
  15. Black Friday Seed Deals! 2022 offers shown above (no longer valid)Black Friday Seed Deals coming for 2023. Stay tuned.
  16. Big Jim Pepper Plants started from Seed Big Jim Peppers Pictured: Hatch Green Medium Big Jim next to Doublecross Hatch Green Chile Grow Big Jim Pepper Plants Growing Big Jim Pepper plants from seed is the way to go! You can plant as many chile plants as you have room for (and believe us, you'll think you need more room no matter how much you have, haha!) Our Hatch Green Medium Big Jim Chile is easy to grow, and starts producing in 75 days, and then keeps going on strong. Check out this review on Big Jim Pepper Plants start...