Hey and welcome! A good reference for hot sauces is the mo hotta mo betta catalog (www.mohotta.com). Peppers has a good catalog as well - they list so many ingredients in the descriptions that I sometimes use the catalog as a basis for recipes(www.peppers.com). As far as gardening - do you have any type of deck or porch? If so just put out a nice big container and you can garden like you have a yard (one plant per big pot). If you are limited to window sills, you may want to stick to the smaller varieties like chile tepin. An amazing reference in terms of plants (and she sells them) is Cross Country Nurseries (www.chileplants.com). She has tons of information and pictures. There are a number of seed suppliers here on the list if you want to start from seed and can't find what you want locally. Again welcome to the list! It is a great bunch of people with a wide variety of knowledge and opinions. You will learn who to listen to and who to roll your eyes at! ;^) take care, Suzanne