The last four years I’ve visited the festival we have been granted heat from the sky as well as from the food! Although I was lucky last year, I picked the Sunday morning to go – the only dry and sunny period.

Thanks for the spelling correction. I don’t know where I picked that aberration up from…

Growing you own is fairly easy. The cayenne type are excellent starters and they crop well, as do the birds-eye chilli. The bonnet varieties do need a bit more TLC and germinating early on hence I will be starting them off – indoors – probably next weekend.

BR

The Naga Jolokia (I tend to spell it with two “o”s) is definitely worth while. Let me know how you fare, you may tempt me to grow my own!

I read Glyn’s blog frequently and came here by that route.

Having just read a few of your posts, I think I’m hooked. For a number of reasons:

1. Your enthusiasm toward education.
2. Your eloquent and perceptive writing.
3. Your love of Chillis!

(I will be – quite shortly – sowing some Naga Bih Jalokia seeds which I will nurture throughout the coming year. These are the hotest chilli in the world, and at last year’s Chilli Fiesta at West Dean it was (apparently) the first time they have become available for retail purchase. How well they will fare in the UK’s climate is unclear, but I have a small green house which seems to work quite well: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/11/feel-the-heat-of-the-open-sourcerer/)

Best regards

Alan

I await with pen poised….