Chile CornbreadNew Mexico Green Chile Cornbread New Mexican Green Chile Cornbread Muffins Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Total Time 25 minutes Servings 24 Ingredients 1 cup corn meal 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup milk 1 egg 1/4 cup butter melted 1/2 cup chopped green chiles Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Use butter to grease a mini muffin or regular muffin pan. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add in m...
Summer Succotash with Peaches & Cream CornSuccotash is a celebration of all the vibrant vegetables coming into season. It is an American dish created where the Three Sisters of corn, beans, and squash are native. Although succotash is mainly composed of vegetables, it is not unusual for bacon to be added for flavor. Succotash knows no limits when it comes to substitutions. The cherry tomatoes have a nice fresh flavor, but when ripe red tomatoes are at their peak, dice and add them for a rich flavor. Early season jalapeños can be us...
Ask five gardeners a question and you will get six different answers.😂😂Ask five gardeners a question and you will get six different answers.😂 Ain't that the truth? Gardening is all about experiences, trials and errors... and above all, experimenting! After all, there are no gardening mistakes, only experiments! For example: Some people swear that topping their young peppers will result in more yields. But many people, especially those in short growing seasons, find that the opposite is true – topping peppers only delays their production. Find our advice on...
20% OFF ALL OF OUR FASTEST GROWING VEGETABLE SEEDS!SORRY, THIS SALE HAS ENDED! Signup for our newsletter to get our future deals!20% OFF ALL OF OUR FASTEST GROWING VEGETABLE SEEDS! Use discount code: FASTERHARVEST to save big on all of our Fastest Growing Vegetable Seeds Collection!Now through Sunday, May 24, 2026!This collection has all of our fastest growing peppers, tomatoes plus lots of companion vegetables that make great companions for your peppers.Lettuce, chives, carrots, radishes, beans, cilantro, squash, basil, parsley, dill, orega...
Big Jim Chiles Seed Review with Photo"First harvest, today, of Big Jims from three of my home garden plants grown from your seed. I’m sure the taste isn’t as good as if they were Hatch-grown but I’ve already roasted a few from these plants and they are damn close. I transplanted the seedlings on April 9, 2026 in Cornelius, NC and looking forward to many more harvests to come as they are loaded with new fruit and blossoms. Thanks so much for the high quality seed!" ~ James from NC Thanks James, for sharing your photo an...
Benefits of GardeningGardening offers a wide range of benefits including: Nutritious Food & Improved Diet: Freshly harvested vegetables have more nutrients than those that have traveled miles and days/weeks to get to the store. Your tastebuds know it too: a homegrown heirloom tomato always tastes way more amazing and complex than any store-bought tomatoes, especially when fresh-picked and still warm from the sun. When you garden, you can grow specialty peppers that are packed with flavor that you'd neve...
Eat the weeds: Dandelion Quesadilla RecipeEat the weeds! Weeds are a great source of food. In fact, many of them, like Dandelions, were brought over to North America to be used as food. Early Romans documented eating dandelions and European settlers who came to America purposely brought dandelions with them to the new world for their high nutritional value, medicinal properties, and versatility as a food source. So don't nuke them with pesticides, eat them! Just make sure that you are picking only dandelions that have not been s...
Low Water VegetablesWondering what are the best low water vegetables to grow? Here are a few of our suggestions along with tips for conserving water in your garden. #1 Favorite Low Water Vegetables: Peppers* Peppers need less water than many other vegetables. As tropical plants, they thrive in warm, well-draining soil and don't mind it drying out slightly between watering. The famous New Mexico Chiles are grown annually in the dry regions of Hatch Valley and Chimayó regions of New Mexico, and the Pueblo Ch...
The Best Peppers to Grow from Seed: Sandia Seed’s Most Popular Varieties for Every GardenPeppers are one of the most rewarding crops to grow from seed! Sandia Seed offers options for beginners, salsa-makers, chile lovers, and heat seekers. Peppers are great for food gardens as they are productive and there are so many ways to preserve the harvest – you can make pickled peppers, hot sauces, salsas, or dry peppers to use for hot pepper flakes and sauces all year long. Shishito peppers, above, are super easy to grow and SO productive, perfect for beginners! These Japanese peppers ...
Partial Shade VegetablesGet 50% off veggie seeds for shade for a limited time. Grow more food in your garden with a variety of veggies and expand your growing season and harvest! There are plenty of vegetables that grow in partial shade. Vegetables that can grow in partial shade (3-6 hours of sun) include Beets, Carrots, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, and Radish. These crops grow well in early spring, and benefit from partial shade in the heat of summer which helps keep them from bolting as quickly. Here's some mor...
Chili con Carne RecipeChili con carne is a Spanish phrase that literally translates to "chili with meat". Originating from Tex-Mex cuisine, it is a spicy stew typically composed of chili peppers, meat (usually beef), tomatoes, and often beans. Ingredients 2-2.5 lbs. chuck roast 3 Ancho dried chiles 3 Guajillo dried chiles 1 onion 4 garlic cloves 3-4 Roma tomatoes 1 chipotle in adobo (optional) 1-2 (15) oz. cans black beans or kidney (optional) 4-5 cups beef or vegetable stock 1 tablespoon Mexic...
Green Chile Pozole RecipePozole is a traditional, hearty Mexican stew made with hominy (large, dried corn kernels) and meat or veggies, typically it is made with pork or chicken but we make it vegetarian with potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash or other veggies, all cooked in a flavorful broth. It comes in three main varieties—blanco (white), verde (green), and rojo (red)—depending on the sauce base, and is served with a variety of fresh toppings like shredded cabbage, jalapeños, radish, onion, and lime. Try our Green Chi...
Easy Seeds to PlantChiles are awesome, but don't stop there! There are plenty of easy seeds to plant in your garden that will round out your dinner table. We'll mention Pozole a lot below... that's because it's so delicious! Pozole is a traditional, hearty Mexican stew made with hominy (large, dried corn kernels) and meat, typically it is made with pork or chicken but we make it vegetarian with potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash or other veggies, all cooked in a flavorful broth. It comes in three m...
Datil Seeds & RecipeOur Datil seeds are back in stock! This is a unique pepper that has its own festival in St Augustine, Florida. It has a really cool history mixed with folktales. Believed to have been brought to Florida by Minorcan immigrants in the late 1700s, it became a cornerstone of local culture, often used in, jellies, and seafood dishes. Have you tried them? They are delicious!! Get the seeds now while they last, these are in limited supply and are fast sellers because people LOVE these hot peppers. ...
Stop Fighting CilantroIt's time to stop fighting cilantro. Cilantro has a mind of its own: sometimes it will thrive and grow lush in one area while in other areas it quickly bolts and doesn't produce many leaves. It's important to know that cilantro LIKES to flower, no matter if you get the so-called "slow-bolt" varieties or not. If it starts flowering, don't worry, the blooms smell and taste delicious as well, you can even eat the unripe green seed pods, they have a great fresh flavor. ...
Sandia Seed Packets - Where to find our “packed for” DateWondering if your seeds are fresh? Sandia Seed has the date marked on the back of the seed packets in the lower right hand corner. We test and ensure that our high-quality seeds have germination rates above 85%, and we only sell the freshest seeds from the prior season. Our pepper seeds grow true to type, so you won't grow a pepper all season and find out it's not what you thought you planted! We stand behind our seeds with our Seed Germination Guarantee. You can trust Sandia Seed for...
Companion Planting HerbsHerbs, like Sage, make great companion plants for vegetable gardens! Ladybugs love herbs like Sage (shown above). Yes, herbs are excellent companion plants because they can attract beneficial insects, repel pests, improve soil quality, and even enhance the flavor of other vegetables! Herb seeds are easy to start and many of our herbs are perennial (Oregano, Sage, and Garlic Chives) so you can plant them once and they'll provide you with an endless supply of flavor for years to come.Plan...
What are the best tasting sweet peppers?Customers ask often, what are the best tasting sweet peppers? We recommend to grow peppers beyond the classic bell peppers, which are also great when homegrown and come in a variety of sizes including the extra-early Chocolate Bell Pepper, but there are a ton of specialty sweet peppers from around the world that will wow your tastebuds and be very useful in the kitchen for all sorts of recipes. Whether you want sweet peppers to add to stir fries, burritos, sauces, or to pickle, marinate, roas...
Interesting Sweet Pepper Varieties with Zero HeatIf you want to share your pepper harvest with friends and family (including kids) who don’t tolerate spiciness... but you still want some flavorful, unusual specialty peppers, check out this list of interesting sweet peppers. At Sandia Seed, we carry sweet peppers from around the world so you can taste the rainbow of pepper colors and flavors picked fresh from your garden. Cubanelles are loved by chefs and are sweet and crispy with thin skins - great for stir fries or salads. Fushimis are ...
Martha Stewart's Biquinho Peppers Post - Grow your own Sweety Drops!In November this year, Biquinho peppers got a nod from Martha Stewart in her Instagram post about harvesting & pickling them. We love these Sweety Drop Brazilian peppers, too! She includes a simple recipe idea in her post, but you can see our full recipe below if you want to make some Sweety Drops from your own garden! The famous Biquinho is a sweet yellow Brazilian pepper that is a real treat and super easy to grow in your garden—they're as charming as they are tasty! Their flavor...
Chile Cornbread
New Mexico Green Chile Cornbread New Mexican Green Chile Cornbread Muffins Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Total Time 25 minutes Servings 24 Ingredients 1 cup corn meal 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup milk 1 egg 1/4 cup butter melted 1/2 cup chopped green chiles Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Use butter to grease a mini muffin or regular muffin pan. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add in m...
Summer Succotash with Peaches & Cream Corn
Succotash is a celebration of all the vibrant vegetables coming into season. It is an American dish created where the Three Sisters of corn, beans, and squash are native. Although succotash is mainly composed of vegetables, it is not unusual for bacon to be added for flavor. Succotash knows no limits when it comes to substitutions. The cherry tomatoes have a nice fresh flavor, but when ripe red tomatoes are at their peak, dice and add them for a rich flavor. Early season jalapeños can be us...
Ask five gardeners a question and you will get six different answers.😂😂
Ask five gardeners a question and you will get six different answers.😂 Ain't that the truth? Gardening is all about experiences, trials and errors... and above all, experimenting! After all, there are no gardening mistakes, only experiments! For example: Some people swear that topping their young peppers will result in more yields. But many people, especially those in short growing seasons, find that the opposite is true – topping peppers only delays their production. Find our advice on...
20% OFF ALL OF OUR FASTEST GROWING VEGETABLE SEEDS!
SORRY, THIS SALE HAS ENDED! Signup for our newsletter to get our future deals!20% OFF ALL OF OUR FASTEST GROWING VEGETABLE SEEDS! Use discount code: FASTERHARVEST to save big on all of our Fastest Growing Vegetable Seeds Collection!Now through Sunday, May 24, 2026!This collection has all of our fastest growing peppers, tomatoes plus lots of companion vegetables that make great companions for your peppers.Lettuce, chives, carrots, radishes, beans, cilantro, squash, basil, parsley, dill, orega...
Big Jim Chiles Seed Review with Photo
"First harvest, today, of Big Jims from three of my home garden plants grown from your seed. I’m sure the taste isn’t as good as if they were Hatch-grown but I’ve already roasted a few from these plants and they are damn close. I transplanted the seedlings on April 9, 2026 in Cornelius, NC and looking forward to many more harvests to come as they are loaded with new fruit and blossoms. Thanks so much for the high quality seed!" ~ James from NC Thanks James, for sharing your photo an...
Benefits of Gardening
Gardening offers a wide range of benefits including: Nutritious Food & Improved Diet: Freshly harvested vegetables have more nutrients than those that have traveled miles and days/weeks to get to the store. Your tastebuds know it too: a homegrown heirloom tomato always tastes way more amazing and complex than any store-bought tomatoes, especially when fresh-picked and still warm from the sun. When you garden, you can grow specialty peppers that are packed with flavor that you'd neve...
Eat the weeds: Dandelion Quesadilla Recipe
Eat the weeds! Weeds are a great source of food. In fact, many of them, like Dandelions, were brought over to North America to be used as food. Early Romans documented eating dandelions and European settlers who came to America purposely brought dandelions with them to the new world for their high nutritional value, medicinal properties, and versatility as a food source. So don't nuke them with pesticides, eat them! Just make sure that you are picking only dandelions that have not been s...
Low Water Vegetables
Wondering what are the best low water vegetables to grow? Here are a few of our suggestions along with tips for conserving water in your garden. #1 Favorite Low Water Vegetables: Peppers* Peppers need less water than many other vegetables. As tropical plants, they thrive in warm, well-draining soil and don't mind it drying out slightly between watering. The famous New Mexico Chiles are grown annually in the dry regions of Hatch Valley and Chimayó regions of New Mexico, and the Pueblo Ch...
The Best Peppers to Grow from Seed: Sandia Seed’s Most Popular Varieties for Every Garden
Peppers are one of the most rewarding crops to grow from seed! Sandia Seed offers options for beginners, salsa-makers, chile lovers, and heat seekers. Peppers are great for food gardens as they are productive and there are so many ways to preserve the harvest – you can make pickled peppers, hot sauces, salsas, or dry peppers to use for hot pepper flakes and sauces all year long. Shishito peppers, above, are super easy to grow and SO productive, perfect for beginners! These Japanese peppers ...
Partial Shade Vegetables
Get 50% off veggie seeds for shade for a limited time. Grow more food in your garden with a variety of veggies and expand your growing season and harvest! There are plenty of vegetables that grow in partial shade. Vegetables that can grow in partial shade (3-6 hours of sun) include Beets, Carrots, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, and Radish. These crops grow well in early spring, and benefit from partial shade in the heat of summer which helps keep them from bolting as quickly. Here's some mor...
Chili con Carne Recipe
Chili con carne is a Spanish phrase that literally translates to "chili with meat". Originating from Tex-Mex cuisine, it is a spicy stew typically composed of chili peppers, meat (usually beef), tomatoes, and often beans. Ingredients 2-2.5 lbs. chuck roast 3 Ancho dried chiles 3 Guajillo dried chiles 1 onion 4 garlic cloves 3-4 Roma tomatoes 1 chipotle in adobo (optional) 1-2 (15) oz. cans black beans or kidney (optional) 4-5 cups beef or vegetable stock 1 tablespoon Mexic...
Green Chile Pozole Recipe
Pozole is a traditional, hearty Mexican stew made with hominy (large, dried corn kernels) and meat or veggies, typically it is made with pork or chicken but we make it vegetarian with potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash or other veggies, all cooked in a flavorful broth. It comes in three main varieties—blanco (white), verde (green), and rojo (red)—depending on the sauce base, and is served with a variety of fresh toppings like shredded cabbage, jalapeños, radish, onion, and lime. Try our Green Chi...
Easy Seeds to Plant
Chiles are awesome, but don't stop there! There are plenty of easy seeds to plant in your garden that will round out your dinner table. We'll mention Pozole a lot below... that's because it's so delicious! Pozole is a traditional, hearty Mexican stew made with hominy (large, dried corn kernels) and meat, typically it is made with pork or chicken but we make it vegetarian with potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash or other veggies, all cooked in a flavorful broth. It comes in three m...
Datil Seeds & Recipe
Our Datil seeds are back in stock! This is a unique pepper that has its own festival in St Augustine, Florida. It has a really cool history mixed with folktales. Believed to have been brought to Florida by Minorcan immigrants in the late 1700s, it became a cornerstone of local culture, often used in, jellies, and seafood dishes. Have you tried them? They are delicious!! Get the seeds now while they last, these are in limited supply and are fast sellers because people LOVE these hot peppers. ...
Stop Fighting Cilantro
It's time to stop fighting cilantro. Cilantro has a mind of its own: sometimes it will thrive and grow lush in one area while in other areas it quickly bolts and doesn't produce many leaves. It's important to know that cilantro LIKES to flower, no matter if you get the so-called "slow-bolt" varieties or not. If it starts flowering, don't worry, the blooms smell and taste delicious as well, you can even eat the unripe green seed pods, they have a great fresh flavor. ...
Sandia Seed Packets - Where to find our “packed for” Date
Wondering if your seeds are fresh? Sandia Seed has the date marked on the back of the seed packets in the lower right hand corner. We test and ensure that our high-quality seeds have germination rates above 85%, and we only sell the freshest seeds from the prior season. Our pepper seeds grow true to type, so you won't grow a pepper all season and find out it's not what you thought you planted! We stand behind our seeds with our Seed Germination Guarantee. You can trust Sandia Seed for...
Companion Planting Herbs
Herbs, like Sage, make great companion plants for vegetable gardens! Ladybugs love herbs like Sage (shown above). Yes, herbs are excellent companion plants because they can attract beneficial insects, repel pests, improve soil quality, and even enhance the flavor of other vegetables! Herb seeds are easy to start and many of our herbs are perennial (Oregano, Sage, and Garlic Chives) so you can plant them once and they'll provide you with an endless supply of flavor for years to come.Plan...
What are the best tasting sweet peppers?
Customers ask often, what are the best tasting sweet peppers? We recommend to grow peppers beyond the classic bell peppers, which are also great when homegrown and come in a variety of sizes including the extra-early Chocolate Bell Pepper, but there are a ton of specialty sweet peppers from around the world that will wow your tastebuds and be very useful in the kitchen for all sorts of recipes. Whether you want sweet peppers to add to stir fries, burritos, sauces, or to pickle, marinate, roas...
Interesting Sweet Pepper Varieties with Zero Heat
If you want to share your pepper harvest with friends and family (including kids) who don’t tolerate spiciness... but you still want some flavorful, unusual specialty peppers, check out this list of interesting sweet peppers. At Sandia Seed, we carry sweet peppers from around the world so you can taste the rainbow of pepper colors and flavors picked fresh from your garden. Cubanelles are loved by chefs and are sweet and crispy with thin skins - great for stir fries or salads. Fushimis are ...
Martha Stewart's Biquinho Peppers Post - Grow your own Sweety Drops!
In November this year, Biquinho peppers got a nod from Martha Stewart in her Instagram post about harvesting & pickling them. We love these Sweety Drop Brazilian peppers, too! She includes a simple recipe idea in her post, but you can see our full recipe below if you want to make some Sweety Drops from your own garden! The famous Biquinho is a sweet yellow Brazilian pepper that is a real treat and super easy to grow in your garden—they're as charming as they are tasty! Their flavor...
