At 10:03 PM 2/20/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hello, my name is Rob and I just signed up for the Chile-Heads list. >After watching "Eat the Heat" on FoodTV, I thought that my habit of >eating fresh jalapenos, serranos, and habs with just about everything >and my general love for all things spicy just might make me a Chilehead. > I'm afraid "might" is not an option! Pleased to meet you! A goodly number of folks who appeared in Eat the Heat lurk on this list, and the producers used this list to arrange filming of some of the segments. >I am interested in growing some peppers at home, but I live in a >townhouse with no yard. We have a second story balcony which faces west, >so any plants would only get sun in the afternoon. Any advice on how and >what varieties I may be able to grow in containers would be greatly >appreciated. Thanks! :) Some of the hotter peppers like habaneros an scotch bonnets actually enjoy a bit of shade. A more important consideration is where you are located as the same chiles also require a long growing season. There is a good bit of expertise here on growing and you should get a lot of help... =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/hotlinks.shtml