Leslie. I really appreciate the kind words. I usually try to mention when posting that the shots I post here are of the "cliclable" type to see a larger version. You may already know that and be talking about the size of the next size up. Most of my pics are aren't anything out of the ordinary so I try not to put too big a size on the board for those who have slower download speeds. I might try to go back and put the sunset photo in a larger size (I haven't done that before, so I'll have to see what I can do). Thanks again, glad you enjoyed them.

> > bhutjolokia > > bhut smooth skin > > bhut yellow > > bhut chocolate > > peach bhut > > assam bhut > > bhut indian carbon > > bhutxdouglah > > bhutxscorp > > trinidad scorpion > > yellow cardi scorp > > butch-t > > scorp moruga blend > > scorp orange > > chocolate scorp > > 7pot > > 7 yellow > > 7brown > > 7 chocolate > > 7 douglah > > 7 orange > > 7 chaguanas > > 7primo > > 7 brainstrain > > 7 jonah > > 7 barrackapore > > 7pot yellowx choc bhut > > naga morich > > naga chocolate > > naga bombay > > naga dorsett > > fatalii > > fatalii red > > habalokia > > red carribean > > bonda ma jaques > > beni highlands > > harold's st. barts > > antallais carribean > > curacao red > > dominican red > > grenada seasoning > > jamaican scotch bonnet > > congo trinidad > > tree hab red > > tree hab orange > > chiltepin > > chiltepin amarillo > > wild brazil > > cumari pollux > > wiri wiri > > jalapeno > > serrano > > tobasco > > safi annuum > > brown berbere > > nubian > > maui purple > > venezuelan purple > > purple UFO > > aji lemon > > aji yellow > > aji benito > > burkina irulena > > rat turd > > malaguetta > > red kona > > african devil > > hanoi red > > thai hot > > tomabello > > sheepnose pimento > > red cheiro > > pinguito de mono > > datil > > inca red drop > > hinklehatz > > chinese five color > > goat's weed > > mek phet > > joker's hat > > black hungarian > > black prince > > black birdseye > > fresno > > purira > > naga jolokia pc-1 > > coral reef > > orange grove > > criolla sella > > nepali orange some are overwintered, some started in Jan, some in feb,some in march. If my other half wouldnt murder me I would've planted the other 45or 50 varieties i picked up through trades this winter, but once I hit 150 plants the woman started letting me know she wanted some space for the rest of the veggies :) i wont be too upset once ibite into my first heirloom tomato! -Paul

Well I'm bettin' David's Chainsaw Theory works! About a year ago I saw a program on PBS about how plants "communicate" with each other, and since I don't have any trouble AT ALL with saying goodbye to cottonwood roots, ever since that show when I cut out cottonwood roots I chop them up in little pieces and bury them right around what's left of the root I cut off! Don't really know if it's working in intimidating other roots from growing into that area, but I figure at the very least I'm adding some good organic matter to the soil right there! I'm no good, either, at saying goodbye to seedlings--they just seem so very small and helpless!--but maybe snipping a scissors loudly enough over the runts might just make them think twice about their lazy habits! Who knows! But after watching that show I do know this, plants are WAY smarter than we humans give them credit for! Not sure this has anything to do with peppers! Skybird P.S. And I do know this! For almost 20 years now I've been pulling out white hairs, and at 70 I still have 99.99999% brown hair. My theory is that I'm terrorizing the brown ones enough that they're scared "to death" to turn white!!!

The color really is amazing some days. I know some looking at the pictures probably think the colors have been saturated by editing. But, the pics above are straight out of the camera. Of course, cameras add their own plusses and minuses, but, more often than not the colors are not as vivid overall in the resulting pics as what I see with my eye.