Chilli Up North Blog

A while back i was asked by a friend of mine (Susie @ the hart company…she does really nice wedding flowers all over Yorkshire)  if id like to provide some items for part of a charity auction in order to help raise some cash for Kirkby Malzeard PreSchool and St Andrew’s Church. Ive just heard [...]

As i’d mentioned in another post earlier, it was a busy weekend in the garden, as well as fixing the green house, i did a whole lot of other stuff, including planting my spuds (charlotte, nicola, kestril and maris piper, planted my onions in the cold frame, planting my goji berry bush, planting lots of [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates recently,  it’s been rather hectic at work and that combined with the weather has meant that not much had been done in the garden until yesterday. Amongst other things i finally got round to fixing the greenhouse, after some nasty little kids chucked some rather large bricks at it. [...]

Had a busy weekend in the garden as i wanted to make the most of the sun. I dug the veg beds over and added some more fertiliser, i then netted them to stop next doors cats using them as a toilet, i cut the grass, planted various veg seeds and had a general tidy [...]

I Just read this and thought it was quite interesting so thought id share it with you. Police in southwest China are spicing up drivers with raw chilli in a bid to stop them falling asleep at the wheel, a newspaper said Wednesday. Skip related content Police in the Chongqing region have started serving drivers [...]

It’s that time of year again (just over a year since it last happened) when some little b*st*rds decide they have nothing better to do than throw stones at peoples greenhouses,  3 different panels this time and not as quite as bad as last time but very frustrating. I guess it could have been worse, [...]

Finally got a chance(and a break in the weather) so made a start on the garden. I dug over my veg beds, did loads of weeding, sorted a few things out and fixed the garage door. When I was weeding a came across this little fella having a kip and here are my finished beds [...]

Every year i try to grow different chillis (and now veg) along with a few past favourites, i always end up with more seedlings than i need  so ill have some availble before long so dont rush out any buy any yet. My grow list for this year is: Chillis Dorset Naga Hot Portugal Chilli [...]

Yesterday i managed to get a few minutes to draw up my to do list so thought id share it with you, that way if i haven’t done something i said i would you can harrass me. They are not in any particular order but are as follows: Clean and fumigate the greenhouse and all [...]

There are many ways of germinating your chilli seeds but i find that a cheap heated propagator tends to work best. There are loads of different ones on the market ranging from £8 up to £100′s, they come in all different shapes and sizes and with lots of different functions. I tend to prefer the [...]