NEW Wesbite!

      We finally have our own website complete. We designed it ourselves through Square. It is now open and ready for orders! Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your first order!

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    We hope the new website will make ordering easier for our customers. It will also help us out as the selling fees are lower than the online marketplaces we have had to use thus far, so we can offer better discounts to our customers while also bringing in more money to the farm. It's a win-win. Check it out when you get a chance!

Currently Available

           This post will be updated regularly to show what we currently have available from the farm. Check here and our Facebook page often for what's in stock. Contact us to order and we will arrange a time for you to pick up some of the freshest produce you can get your hands on! 

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New website is up and running just in time for fresh pepper harvest! 

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Peppers: Peach, Orange and White Ghost are starting to arrive! Ghost Mix boxes now available! Red and Orange Habaneros are at their peak! Yellow, White, Peach and Chocolate Habs are now available. Devil's Tongue also peaking right now with all colors available. Jamaican Scotch Bonnet producing well and ready for purchase. Carolina Reaper now available. We are getting Trinidad Scorpion and Dragon's Breath in small amounts right now. Poblano, Jalapeno and Cayenne available. Thai and Dragon's Toe have slowed down and are in low stock. Anaheim chiles have not been doing well with the drought and are not available at this time. Datil still a couple of weeks from ripening. Sweet pepper numbers also increasing with all options currently available.

Veggies: All veggies are slowing down in production. Husk Cherries and Okra are available in small amounts with a few Eggplant on the way. Cucumbers, Green Beans, Black Beans, Squash and Zucchini are currently out of stock. We have planted a second round of each of those so we will have more in a few weeks. We have a few small white pumpkins ready for your Fall display!

Dried Peppers: Red Ghost and Ghost Mix now sold out. Red Habanero and Habanero Mix are back in stock. More dried peppers in all varieties currently in process and will be available soon.

Garlic is now ready! Grab some to eat or to start your own homegrown garlic patch this Fall! Pick-up or have it shipped to your door.

Currently Available:   (updated 9/6/24)

Anaheim Green Chile Peppers - $2.50/lb (sold out)

Bell Peppers - 3/$1 green

Black Beans - $3/lb in shell (sold out)

Carmen/Escamillo Sweet Fryer Peppers - 3/$1 

Cayenne Peppers - 4/$1 large 

Cucumbers - 2/$1 large (sold out)

Devil's Tongue Peppers - $3/doz, $13/lb (Red, Yellow, Orange, White, Peach-Purple) 

Dragon's Toe Peppers - 3/$1 

Ghost Peppers - 4/$1, $3/doz, $22/lb (Red, Peach, White, Orange, Yellow)

Green Beans - $2/lb (sold out)

Ground/Husk Cherries - $3/lb (low stock)

Habanero Peppers - $2/doz, $12/lb (Red, Orange, Yellow, Chocolate, White, Peach)

Jalapeno Peppers - $2.50/lb

Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Peppers - $3/doz, $13/lb

Lunchbox Sweet Mini Bell Peppers - $3/lb

Okra - $2/lb (low stock)

Poblano Peppers - $2.50/lb

Scotch Bonnet Mild Peppers - $3/doz, $13/lb

Squash - $1.50/lb (sold out)

Thai Peppers - $0.50/dozen, $10/lb (low stock)

Zucchini - $1/50/lb (sold out)

Dried Peppers - Cayenne (low stock), Anaheim Chile, Red Habanero, Orange Habanero, Habanero Mix, Chocolate Habanero (sold out), White Habanero, Thai, Datil (low stock), Devil's Tongue, Jamaican Scotch Bonnet, Caribbean Blend, Ghost (sold out), Peach Ghost (low stock), White Ghost, Orange Ghost (low stock), Ghost Mix (sold), Trinidad Scorpion (sold out), Yellow Scorpion (low stock), Carolina Reaper (sold out), 3 Kings Mix (sold out), Dragon's Breath (low stock) and Super Hot Variety Mix (sold out) options currently available. Custom sizing available.

Ground Pepper Powders - Ground fresh per order - All available dried pepper varieties are options to be ground. Custom sizing available.

Garlic - Blanak, Chesnok Red and Music varieties

Pepper Boxes Are Here!

      Fresh peppers have arrived! Pick them up from the farm today! Our popular boxes are also ready for shipping so all of our friends across the country can get some of our tasty peppers. A list of the box varieties available are posted below. The boxes are USPS Priority Flat Rate boxes and we will fill them up as full as possible. Small boxes are available for all pepper varieties, with Medium as option for some as well. Thai peppers are available in 1/2 lb and 1 lb. sizes rather than boxes.

Habanero Mix - Small and Medium Boxes

Red Habanero - Small Box

Orange Habanero - Small Box

Yellow/Orange Mild Habanero - Small Box

Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - Small Box

Devil's Tongue - Small Box (Medium coming soon!)

Thai - 1/2 lb and 1 lb options

     A few Carolina Reapers and Peach Ghost peppers have ripened. We expect more in 2-3 weeks, along with Ghost, Trinidad Scorpion and Moruga Scorpion. The Ghost/Scorpion.Reaper boxes will be available then, along with individual boxes of each. We hope to be able to offer the 100 packs again this year.

Summer Veggies

      It's summer and that means fresh veggie time on the farm! We have Cucumbers, Squash, Zucchini, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Okra and Bell Peppers ready to go! All of our sweet and hot pepper varieties are growing well and will be available soon. We currently have a few Thai, Cayenne, Dragon's Toe and Jalapeno Peppers starting to ripen. Give our new yellow Jalapenos a try! 

     Habaneros, Devil's Tongue, Peach Ghost and Jamaican Scotch Bonnet will be coming in hot very soon! We will also have some Husk Cherries and Black Beans available soon.

     As always, check out the Currently Available post on this blog page for updates on what's currently in stock and available, and keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates. Fresh veggies are available for direct pick-up from the farm, with shipping options to come soon for the hot peppers. Shoot us a message or email to order!

Yellow Jalapenos, perfect for relish and salsa!

Seeds to Sprout Your Spring

Seeds are now available for 2022! Choose from a variety of hot peppers. We have Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost, Peach Ghost, Ghost Mix, Scotch Bonnet Mix, Giant Habanero, Habanero Mix, Helios Habanero, Hot Paper Lantern Habanero, Numex Suave Orange Habanero, Devil's Tongue Mix, Dragon's Toe and Cayenne Mix. Lunchbox Sweet Peppers are also available, as well as Black Beans and Luffa Gourds. Our popular Ornamental Pepper Mix and Cockscomb Celosia seeds return for 2022. Read more about each under Seeds portion of the Other page.

Contact us to place an order at the best price. Pickup directly from the farm or have ther seeds shipped right to your door. More purchase options available on our Shop page.

Farm Update 1-18-22

    As we sit here watching our third round of snow melt, with 2022 now underway, it seems like a good time for a farm update. It's been a while since we have done one.

    We will start with 2020. What a crazy year for everyone! We started off the year finally able to realize one of the goals we had when we started this farm: to fund some of Dustin's mountain bike racing on the national Pro circuit. He races professionally with very little support from sponsors. Building up the farm cost more than we expected, but we could see the potential to fund his racing going into 2020. That finally happened in March just before the COVID pandemic arrived. Some equipment issues drained the race budget before the season even started, but the funds from the farm were enough to at least get Dustin out to Phoenix for the first national-level mountain bike event of the year. Unfortunately, heavy rain caused the race to be postponed by a week, then canceled as the pandemic shutdowns began. Talk about bad timing. At least he got in some training time in the desert sunshine and was able to ride the course to prepare for any future trips to the Cactus Cup. The trip also provided an opportunity to ride the course for National Championships that were scheduled for later in the year in Texas (also ended up being canceled due to COVID).

Trail for the Cactus Cup race outside of Phoenix

Some of the trails in Texas in colorful Palo Duro Canyon where Nationals were scheduled for in September

     As the pandemic worsened and shutdowns ground our economy to a hault, we expected our sales to tank. Had we not already bought everything for our growing season and planted all of our veggies, we probably would have cut back the size of our plots instead of making them bigger. It started off as expected with our biggest pepper buyer having to cut way back. They sell to restaurants which were forced to close due to pandemic restrictions. At the same time, the panic over food availability caused a rush on canning supplies making it very difficult to get jars and lids for our jams and jellies.

      But to our surprise, new buyers emerged and online sales increased. We were shocked to not only be making sales, but to well surpass the previous year. We moved our fresh pepper sales to our online stores in an attempt to sell what we had expected to send to our biggest buyer and it turned out to be a huge move for us. All the time we have spent studying the best way to pack and ship fresh peppers finally paid off. We grew more peppers than in 2019 and still we sold all of our fresh ones despite the cutback from our big buyer. We couldn't believe it! Dried peppers continued to sell well. We sold out of almost every variety of jam and jelly. We added ground pepper powders and FL Datil Pepper Hot Sauce, both of which sold out. We more than doubled the amount of seeds we offered in 2019 and nearly sold them all out too. We not only survived the pandemic, but the farm thrived! We knew after 2020 that if we can keep getting this kind of business we can realize the dream of funding not only Dustin's bike racing, but also other aspiring bike racers who could use some financial help.

Veggies from 2020

Our hot pepper selection keeps getting better

This simple wash rack we built not only saved our backs, but significantly reduced the time required to clean our produce

We added three fresh pepper options for sale online in 2020

2020 saw even higher quality dried peppers

We figured out a good Carolina Reaper Pepper Jelly recipe in 2020 that brings out the flavor of the Reaper while taking the heat down enough to make it edible.

This apple pie jam was one we kept to ourselves until 2020.

Our raspberries finally produced enough in 2020 to be able to make Raspberry Habanero Jelly, another sweet & spicy option.

Ground pepper powders

     The discovery of the Datil pepper has been huge for us. The pepper was suggested to us and we were able to secure some seeds. We had no idea this pepper would taste so good and have such a big following! We plan to use it in many ways over the coming years, ensuring it will be a staple on the farm for a very long time.

FL Datil Pepper Hot Sauce

     When 2021 arrived, we were excited to say the least. Some changes with our jobs following the pandemic left us with a little more time to focus on growing the farm and extra motivation. The funds from 2020 were used to get more grow lights and tools to help work the farm, like a dump cart for our mower. We increased the number of pepper plants yet again in an attempt to keep up with demand. Not only did we plant more plants, but we produced more per plant. We started off in our early years measuring the amount of peppers harvested by the number picked. Then it turned to buckets and now in 2021 we moved into measuring by pounds. Lots of pounds! We finally achieved our goal of going 100% organic throughout our vegetables and herbs. It's hard to do with some veggies because of the amount of pests in our area, but we were able to make it happen this year.

Pepper plants soaking up the rays under an additional grow light that is larger and more efficient than our previous light.

A piece of the pepper patch in early summer

We added a milder variety of Scotch Bonnet peppers to our fresh pepper options for 2021

Devil's Tongue peppers were very popular in 2021 due to their fruity flavor that compliments their heat. We will continue to expand on these pepper in 2022.

Our wash rack was full 3-4 times a week this year.

New additions in 2021: Chocolate Habaneros and Jamaican Scotch Bonnets.

Our tastiest Jalapenos yet came in 2021

The Cayennes were killer too.

Our Peach Ghosts this year were amazing!

Giant Habaneros being giant.

Huge Carolina Reaper harvest in '21.

Some new jam/jelly combo packs were added this year to try to help reduce fees and shipping costs to our customers.

Our first ever passion flowers came in 2021

Garlic in the ground to grow over the winter

Fall in the garden

     Online sales went well with some new bulk buyers coming on board in 2021, but all was not as positive as last year. Our largest buyer that was reduced in 2020 was shut down completely in 2021. Their customers continue to be closed due to COVID restrictions as some parts of the country continue to keep harsh regulations in place on restaurants. Of the five main restaurants that ended up with products containing our peppers, three have shut their doors for good, while the other two are closed still attempting to wait out the pandemic capacity restrictions. Canning supplies continue to be difficult to find. We had to choose between some flavors this year due to a limited jar supply. Mint Jelly kept getting pushed off for this reason and wasn't produced at all in 2021. Shipping prices have drastically increased and online selling fees have increased too. It is getting harder every day to make a profit. We have tried hard to not raise our prices, but it has been forced upon us due to increased expenses. Sales of jams and jellies have been much lower this year. Fresh peppers sales were good, but dried has been low thus far. Hopefully, seed sales will be good again. This is the first year since we opened that we have not increased our sales. The additional plants and increase in production made for long hours of picking and maintaining in the Fall. We were exhausted and didn't have a lot of sales to show for it. With all of these challenges and new tax regulations on small businesses, it's no wonder we, and many other farms, are worried about our future. We were unable to contribute to Dustin's racing in 2021, but we hope to be able to get him back to racing across the country in 2022. We did, however, have enough income to help out some local farms struggling due to the pandemic and donate a bit to the American Red Cross as they work hard to help with tornado recovery in our area after several nasty storms did major damage in December.

     Rest assured, we will be pushing ahead in 2022 no matter what happens with the economy. We already have our seeds ready to plant for another productive pepper season. High-quality peppers will be coming your way for another year! Seeds will be available very soon and floral jelly season is just around the corner. We will keep doing our jams and jellies until we run out of our canning supplies.

Wild Rose Petal Jelly was added in 2021 by customer request. It was delicious!

     Thank you to all of our customers across the United States! We could not have built this farm to where it is today without your help! We have now sold to the entire continental U.S. with the exception of North Dakota. If you know anyone in North Dakota that would enjoy any of our products please let us know and we will add in something special for helping us complete the lower-48! We will do the same for anyone in Hawaii and Alaska. Likewise, if you or anyone you know needs some fresh peppers, dried peppers or jams/jellies we would be happy to provide our peppers to them in 2022. We hope to get new t-shirts made this year so you can rep our farm when out and about. Let us know if you want one!

     Check out our Facebook page here for more regular updates. Hope to see you at the farm, or send you something from the farm, real soon!

Sweet & Spicy Pepper Packs

      Our sweet & spicy jams and jellies are back in stock! We have recently made batches of Pineapple-Mango Habanero Jam, Raspberry-Habanero Jelly and Dragon's Toe Pepper Jam to go with Peach-Jalapeno Jam that was made earlier in the summer.

Pineapple-Mango Habanero Jam

Raspberry-Habanero Jelly

Dragon's Toe Pepper Jam

     New for this year are a couple of combo packs. Try the Sweet & Spicy Trio for one jar each of Pineapple-Mango Habanero Jam, Raspberry-Habanero Jelly and Peach-Jalapeno Jam. Available in 4oz and 8oz jar size options.

Sweet & Spicy Trio Pack

     Try our five most popular pepper varieties in the Pepper 5 Pack. This pack includes the three in the Sweet & Spicy Trio, plus one jar each of Ghost Pepper Jelly and Carolina Reaper Pepper Jelly. Save $$$ when you buy together! Both packs make great gifts for family and friends!

Find out more about all of our jams and jellies here. Visit our Shop page for links to our online stores or send us a message to order!