Welcome Shaun, I'm sure someone on the list can help you grow peppers in your climate. Until then, try these URL's: http://www.totallytomatouk.com/cascade.cfm?cat=Pepper&sub1=Hot&sub2=X&sub3=X &var=X http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/ http://www.shopsolution.co.uk/coolchileco/welcome.htm http://geocities.com/pepperaidy/chillifacts/growing.htm http://www.chrisb2.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/index.htm http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gcaselton/chile/chile.html Hope this helps, Paul (The NorthEast ChileMan) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Rimmer" <shaun@newtronic.co.uk> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Thursday, 17 January, 2002 3:42 AM Subject: [CH] Intro/new subscriber: > Hi all! > I'm a fellow addict from Northern 'UK', which, by the way, is a > wet and miserable little place in the Northern hemisphere, hence the name > 'UK', just like it sounds....... > Well, I haven't read any of the list yet, having just received > subscription confirmation, but looking forward to chatting to you, and > errr.... picking a few brains perhaps......I would like to grow a few > chillies myself one day, > I s'pose my first question would have to be..........errmmmm........how > darned easy/hard can it be to grow _good_ chillies in a place such as 'UK'? > Uhuh! Well, whatabout without a hot-house? In numbers? > Shaun 'it can be hot ooop north of north' with the help of a little spice > :-) R >