well i picked the pod from the 7 pot brown and 1 guy backed out on the taste test so me and the other guy halved it ...... had a real good fruity flavor then a few seconds later the heat was quite intense my buddy starting using his Tea as mouth wash ... lol first it hit the back of the throat then moved to the top of the tongue seemed a bit hotter then the 7 pot reds i have tried . will have to run a few more test i will let the next ripe one sit on the plant for a couple weeks to build up more heat

We have also had the rains this summer - but it has been very cool also. The crops were looking great, but behind due to the cool temps. This could reduce the yields quite a bit. Then we got hit with some major hail last weekend. Ouch! We didn't have any buildings damaged - but major crop damage. Guess things were looking too good. Luckey we didn't have the building damaged that some did though. Lots of broken windows and siding damage in some areas close to us.

In georgia we was without rain for over 3 weeks with highs reaching the mid 90's. All fescue lawns I seen was drying out and turning brown, My bermuda looked great with a couple of stress areas(areas that stayed in the sun the longest), But the last 5 days we have gotten over 7 inches of rain. The bermuda is a dark green/bluish color(Looks great). Ill take a pic this evening

That is a non poisonous checkered garter snake. These aren't the kind that give you coronaries. You can pick him up and all he will do is piss on you. Some of these guys come with pretty colors on them and get much larger. They are right down in the center of town too. I had them in my yard when I lived on Deep Eddy 2 blocks from the river. I had a 6' rat snake down there that made me take a deep breath. And an even larger Brown snake that I found wrapped in a tree branch by my path. It made the tree so exotic all of a sudden in a Adam & Eve way. I am surprised you never saw them in Vegas. Every other city I haver been in out that way like Phoenix Tucson Santa fe Albuquerque had LOTS of snakes and they all seemed able to send me to the hospital. In 40 years that I have lived in Austin area I have only had 1 run in with a Rattlesnake in my garden and that had a good ending for both of us.