I grew these last year, they were super tasty after drying, they almost have a sweet raisen-like flavor combined with a good amount of spicy heat. Dried Aleppo peppers make the most delicious hot pepper flakes, and they were easy to dry (I hung mine) and then crush to put into a jar that sits on our table. The flakes didn't last long, we sprinkled them on everything from soup to pasta to pizza, so I want to grow more of a few more Aleppo plants this season so I have a longer lasting supply.
Easy to start from seed, just planted them directly in my whiskey barrel pot and boy they took off. I made lots of spicy pickles with these and some of your hot peppers and dill.
I've found that when you combine roasted carrots, habaneros, lime juice and garlic, it will make the best hot sauce of your life. I think it's the sweetness and depth of the carrots that make the sauce even better, and pairs perfectly with the habanero heat. I got the inspiration from one of my favorite store-bought hot sauces, Marie Sharp's Habanero hot sauce. Sometimes I add some of your Chef's orange tomatoes too to make more of it, and they also give more flavor to the hot sauce and help tame the heat a bit. I grow these in my garden every year along with your orange habaneros, orange tomatoes and other hot peppers and veggies. Very reliable.
The pretty scarlet flowers attract hummingbirds! Great to grow over a trellis.
When I show my neighbor's kids the beans, they love them! They are so pretty in mottled purple, they really do look magical.
We grow these every year, they are so delicious and very meaty - the color inside when you cut them open is jewel-like. I like to make salsa out of these, just roast them in the oven for a bit and then throw them into a food processor with some hot peppers (I love your orange habaneros), lime juice, garlic and cilantro, then stir in some chopped green onions for the best salsa ever. Thanks for the good seeds, over the past couple years we planted them, the seeds pretty much all germinated so I've learned to only plant one seed per pod so I don't have to thin them, which is so hard for me to do.
Sweet with great flavor – these are excellent for fresh eating, in the garden, or adding to salads or pasta. The vines grew up to about 6 feet and produced all summer long. All the seeds sprouted so I had extras to share with my community garden friends. :)
Wow, these were BIG tomatoes, and very meaty inside. They made a really pretty orange salsa with some of the yellow jalapenos we also grew from Sandia Seed. We're going to grow them again this season in our garden!
She was so happy to start these last season, and they all grew nicely and provided us with enough chiles to freeze and use this winter. We'll be growing them again!
These were so productive and tasty. We ate them right in the garden, so hardly any make it inside. Nothing beats the taste and juiciness of a sun-warmed cherry tomato in the garden! We're growing these again this summer!
Easy to grow - and you can cut off the broccoli heads and then it sends out side shoots that work perfectly as broccolini! Make sure to cut the heads before they start flowering, I overlooked a few and then they go to flower and aren't as edible after that.
I grow these every year for their vibrant and colorful flowers. They are easy-to-grow and attract beneficial insects while deterring pests from what I hear. Plus, they're great tossed with lettuce in a salad – they have a nice peppery spice to them, kind of like horseradish.
Planted these around our tomatoes and peppers and they grew great, nice and bushy and loaded with flowers from summer into fall. They were also the last flowers blooming after our first few frosts, so it was nice to see pollinators on them after everything else was pretty much spent.
The purple flowers smell so wonderful, and the bees love them.
The beans are so pretty, they look like jewels! And the vines are pretty too, we've even seen some hummingbirds checking out the bright red flowers. Great for our trellis. You can also pick these very young and eat them like green beans, but if you forget and let the beans get big you'll be in for a surprise – the beans look magical in their mottled purple colors.
Can't wait to see them grow this summer and harvest some of these spicy gems! Thanks for the fast shipping.
These Shishitos delicious mild pepper with a sweet flavor! We love simple blistering them with a bit of oil and salt – the perfect appetizer!
These were the first to harvest last year, and very productive. I'm going to grow them every year!
Fruity with a sweet heat and smoky flavor. I like to crush them to add to red chili stew.
These are great, they come back every year and are delicious on salads or for tacos or to sprinkle on soups!
My husband is a born and raised Albuquerquian who moved to Vancouver , BC. Since New Mexican products are hard to find north of the border, I'm so glad I'm able to grow Big Jim's for him and our neighborhood smells divine come roasting season.
I'm a huge fan of sandiaseed.com - a small woman-owned seed company, they're based currently in Colorado, but originated in New Mexico. They have over a hundred different kinds of peppers, and their seeds all grow true and have good germination. We grow their Hatch chile varieties every year including this Big Jim, one of our top favorites! Also love growing their habaneros & jalapenos (they have several different varieties of each!) plus some of their sweet peppers like Shishitos and Fushimis. They have super fast shipping, and have a seed replacement policy and will replace seeds if they fail (though I've never had a problem in the many years of growing about 15 different varieties each year from them for over 8 years.) Two thumbs way up from this chilehead. :)
Thanks for the idea for a last minute gift card for Valentines day, my girlfriend will love it, she loves growing hot peppers, so now she can pick out some new ones. I printed out a copy of it and am putting it into a hand drawn card. Nailed it.
These fabulous peppers added lots of color to our patio pots. So pretty in multiple colors, plus you can pick them and add to salsa for a nice spicy kick. These are fun in any ornamental edible garden.
We let these hang dry, then ground them up – they made the tastiest pepper flakes. They have a nice kick, but good flavor too. Easy to grow plants, pretty peppers.
