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Fertilize Peppers Now - Here's How Even if you have some of the greatest soil around...growing vegetables is a process that takes many important nutrients. Tomatoes and peppers are heavy feeders and need readily available nutrients from the soil. Most summer vegetables are heavy feeders, with tomatoes being one of the heaviest nitrogen consumers. Before putting your plants in the garden, work a slow-release fertilizer into the soil of the planting hole. A good organic slow release fertilizer is Dr. Earth Organic 5 Tomato, Vege...

Pickled Jalapeños Recipe Here's a great recipe to use some of your Jalapeños (or any hot peppers) from your garden: Pickled Jalapeños 15 large Jalapeños, remove stems and slice2 Garlic Cloves, peeled and chopped1 cup Distilled White Vinegar1 cup Filtered Water2 tablespoons Kosher Salt1 Leaf from Raspberry, Horseradish or Grape1-4 tablespoons Sugar to taste (optional, we leave it out!) In a pot add garlic, water, vinegar, salt and sugar. Heat to a boil and stir to dissolve the salt and sugar. Add Jal...

Is it Too Late to Start Seeds?   No, it’s not too late to plant seeds! You can start seeds year-round. It depends on what you would like to accomplish after planting your seeds. There is short-season gardening, hydroponic growing, indoor gardening, jump-start growing to have huge plants to transplant in spring, etc. Short-Season GardeningBesides peppers and tomatoes, you can start lots of vegetable seeds year-round, depending on your climate, and if you have any winter protection such as cold frames or hoop houses. You ...

White Peppers Seeds Looking for White Peppers seeds? We carry some wonderful varieties of white pepper seeds, including the following following white peppers: Bhut Jolokia White Pepper SeedsThese super hot white peppers have a cool color and are very unique. This pepper, like all Bhut jolokia peppers, has heat that builds and builds in your mouth. The White Bhut jolokia is also known as White Ghost Pepper and it is very popular for making a white hot sauce. At 1,000,000 Scoville units, these white peppers are H...

Hatch Seeds If you love Hatch green chile, then grow your own Hatch seeds and have the freshest best tasting Hatch green chiles around! While technically you have to grow our Hatch varieties in the Hatch region in New Mexico to be considered true "Hatch" chiles, these are the same varieties grown by Hatch farmers and we think they taste just as great when homegrown in gardens around the world! We have happy customers bringing a little New Mexico to their gardens and farms everywhere, from Florida...

I don't always put Green Chile on everything... I don't always put Green Chile on everything...Just kidding, I do! I don't know if you're like us, but we LOVE chile. We put hot sauce and green chile on everything! That's why we love to grow our own Hatch chile Seeds and Hot Pepper Seeds, so we can have an abundance of chile peppers to season all of our dishes. Looking for Green Chile and Hot Pepper recipes? Check out our Pinterest page »

Faith in Pepper Seeds We love this quote from Thoreau: I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Composting for HUGE Green Chiles Peppers and vegetables love compost! Compost is nature's FREE fertilizer. Adding this rich organic material to your soil will help your vegetable plants grow larger and more bountiful. In fact, many organic gardeners use only compost to fertilize their vegetables. Rather than buying the bags of compost in the store – save plastic and money, plus recycle your household and landscaping waste by making your own compost. Homemade compost is also filled with a ton of living soil microorganisms...

Create a Pollinator Garden Veggie plants, like tomatoes and peppers, are self-pollinating, but others such as zucchini, pumpkins, and other vine crops produce both male and female flowers on the same plant and require pollinators. Almost all flowering plants need to be pollinated and depend on bees, butterflies, and other animals for pollination. Pollinators need our help. Biologists fear several butterfly and bumblebee species have disappeared from parts of their range, including the once common western bumble bee. W...

Grow Your Own Hot Sauce It's so rewarding to cook something from ingredients growing right in your garden. Making hot sauce and salsa has always been the perfect thing to do with fresh peppers when they arrive in abundance in your garden. Even if you only have a few peppers, you can make hot sauce! These mixtures always taste good and can be made a little differently each time. Hot sauce is a smooth purée or strained sauce that is cooked or fermented. Salsa is a chopped or diced mixture that is served fresh. ...

Green Chile Gazpacho with Tomatillos You have to try this delicious variation of gazpatcho, made with green chiles and tomatillos: 4-6 HATCH GREEN CHILES, ROASTED, PEELED 2 POUNDS TOMATILLOS – REMOVE HUSK & RINSE (or you can use Heirloom Tomatoes for a classic Tomato gazpatcho!) 1/2 ONION, FINELY CHOPPED, SOAK IN COLD WATER FOR 15 MINUTES 1 STALK CELERY 1 CUCUMBER 1 JALAPEÑO FRESH, SEEDED 1/3 CUP RED WINE VINEGAR 1/4 CUP EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 1/3 TEASPOON GROUND CUMIN 2 TABLESPOONS OF MAPLE SYRUP OR HONEY SA...

Bring Italy to your Pepper Garden Jimmy NardelloHeirloom - Sweet Italian Frying Pepper - Peperone! Giuseppe Nardello brought this heirloom from Italy to the states, where it was introduced in 1887. This variety has been grown and cherished for generations. Its almost uncanny sweet, fruity flavor makes it so tempting and delightful to be eaten straight off the plant, but traditional Italian cuisine typically uses them for frying. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO. Buy Jimmy Nardello Seeds » Giant MarconiHybrid – Sweet Italian Roas...

Hatch Chile Seeds Are you looking for Hatch Chile seeds? We have several varieties of green chile seeds from the Hatch region, so you can grow them around the world! Technically, Hatch chiles can only be called "Hatch" if they're from the Hatch region in New Mexico. The combination of the Hatch valley's climate and local soils are what make the Hatch chile seeds grow into the famous Hatch chiles that people around the world crave. But, that doesn't mean you can't grow Hatch chile seeds...

Carolina Reaper Seeds The hottest pepper in the world is officially the Carolina Reaper. It has been reported to have over 2 million Scoville Heat Units, that's HOT!! If you're looking to buy Carolina Reaper seeds and grow your own, we only have one warning – use gloves when cutting up these chiles! :) Fun Carolina Reaper facts: This chile pepper gets it's heat from being a cross between a Pakastani Naga and a Red Habanero. Carolina Reaper consumers sometimes experience something like a runner’s hi...

Chili Pepper Let's clear up the confusion about the spelling of chile. Here in New Mexico, chile with an 'e' refers to the pepper. It can also refer to a soup, a sauce or a stew made with green or red chiles. Now, chili with an 'i' at the end is a dish of meat and beans. Think Wolf brand chili. Many people refer to a chile as a chile pepper. It is both a chile and a pepper, so it is ok to say chile pepper when describing a pepper with heat. The search term 'chili pepper' is se...

Hot Pepper Seeds make HOT Valentine's Day Gifts! Get that special gardener in your life some hot pepper or green chile pepper seeds! They're sure to please. We have a huge selection of super hot pepper seeds, hot pepper seeds, sweet peppers and heirloom tomato seeds that that special someone will LOVE! Keep it spicy this year!

Bhut Jolokia Seeds Want to grow something HOT!!? Our Bhut Jolokia Seeds grow into the infamous Bhut Jolokia Red Ghost Pepper plants which will supply you with all the heat you need! Bhut Jolokia peppers are native to India and need a long growing season or can also be grown indoors or in greenhouses. The chile paste made from these super hot peppers is used for hot sauce, and even for bear spray and tear gas, having a whopping 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units! This chile became famous because it was the first ho...

Red Chile Sauce Recipe RED CHILE SAUCE from New Mexico Red chile sauce is the best thing ever on a cold January winter day. Make this recipe with your dried red chiles from last seasons harvest of Guajillo Chile and Hatch Red Hot Chile. Of course you can also use any dried chiles you have on hand for this recipe. Grow oregano and onions alongside your peppers this year to use in this recipe. Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 cups ACTIVE TIME: 1 hr TOTAL TIME: 1 hr INGREDIENTS 2 ounces whole dried Hatch Red Hot chi...

The 6 Most Popular Tomatoes These six tomatoes are the most popular for all the right reasons. Five are hybrids that have proved themselves over several decades of growing seasons. The sixth, Cherokee Purple, is the only non-hybrid on the list. It is one of the most delicious open-pollinated heirloom tomatoes and a winning favorite at taste contests. Better Boy Hybrid – This improved version of Big Boy is more resistant to common tomato diseases, but still has Big Boy's extra-large fruit. Expect an abundant crop of ...

Pepper Seeds for Sale If you're looking for pepper seeds for sale, you have come to the right place! Sandia Seed offers many varieties of New Mexican Green Chile pepper seeds as well as lots of other hot pepper seeds for sale, plus a selection of sweet pepper seeds and heirloom tomato seeds too! Patsy Coles, our founder, started Sandia Seed in order to offer a better variety of pepper seeds to home gardeners. Her passion has always been gardening, and she graduated from Arizona State University with a...