Peppers, peppers, peppers

For years I have attempted every kind of sweet pepper and every kind of growing method, but I had no real luck with peppers. My friend Scott also had similar problems with all kinds of hot peppers. Frustration was the name of the game.

Now, I have tried a good many methods and the closest I came to getting a good pepper was the 3 foot square garden with 9 plants in it. That was a very unique method where the plants were three to a row, one foot apart, and three rows to the 3 foot by 3 foot square garden. The idea behind it is to allow the peppers to shield each other from the sun. It worked pretty well but nothing like my Grow Boxes.

The peppers felt the heat in June and July, and now in August the foliage is lush and the peppers are able to ripen to their bright red or yellow or orange. We have regular bell peppers and the little sweet peppers that usually come from Mexico. I have picked more peppers from these two boxes of peppers than all of my gardens' production added together. Scott has such an abundance of hot peppers he will have to can them to keep them.

I know for next year I will make some modifications for these boxes, like a piece of sunshield fabric or screening to protect from the super hot sun of June and July.
Scott and I have compared notes and he plans to add more boxes next year.

The amazing thing about my Grow Boxes is that I have been able to produce about 3/10s of a pound per square foot of garden space and that is actual production with roughly 2 1/2 months to go. If I had an acre of these boxes I could produce approximately 15,000 pounds of vegetables. That is a lot if you are not a commercial grower.

My love of sharing the goodies keeps me from selling the veggies. I just want everybody to taste and enjoy my garden.