Are you sure you're not from the south? Knit caps on the gourds, edible home decor, you would fit right in south of the Mason-Dixon line. George At 06:11 AM 10/2/98 -0400, you wrote: >At 07:03 AM 10/1/98 +0000, you wrote: >><snip> >> At any rate, Prik y nu (ya gotta sound it out -- no two references >>spell it the same way) are the tiny, hotter than Hades chiles that >>are used in the hotter varieties of Thai foods. They run maybe 1/2 >>inch long. Mini-ristra material. If you're interested let me know >>and I'll see if I can scrape togethor some seeds. >> ><snip>> >>Liz >> >Hi Liz, and thanks for the offer. Yes, keep me in mind when these seeds >are ready. If you have a few left over I'll be happy to take them. As I >mentioned before, I have a ton of annual seeds that I'm starting to process... > >My neighbor grew some habenero's this year and I made a few batches of >chile sauce with them. Very tasty. The Hab's do not seem to dry well >when strung up. They get all black and nasty from the inside out. > >Anyway... ristra's do not seem to be much in evidence in my neck of the >woods, everyone is still stuck on the (ugh) kuntry bunny rag dolls and >dressing up stupid cement geese. I plan to start a new era in the midwest >and sell edible home decor...hmmm now that I think of it.... aren't bunnies >edible (oh gosh I can't believe I said that....please, bunny pet owners.... >no flames.... just a joke). > >When (if) you have seeds ready to go drop me a line and I'll get a SASE in >the mail to you. > >Cynthia (who protected her 7 gourds last night... have you ever seen gourds >hanging from the vine wearing knitted stocking caps?...quite colorful) >**Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan** >**cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41** >** http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2659/garden/cynthia.html ** > >