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Vegetable gardens are such a pleasant memory for me, inasmuch as my grandparents and later, my in-laws had huge gardens and would always "can" enough for themselves and us too - what a treat!
Right now, my HB and I have such a hectic work schedule, we just don't have the time. But, in about 1 1/2 years, hope to retire (62 then) and spend lots of time gardening.
We are blessed to have several seasonal vegetable markets and a farmer's coop market bringing in produce from Alabama, NW FL and local. It's a treat for all the "senses"! 
Thanks for all you do, Heather! ~ Dorothy
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"I Will Survive! :-)... I shall live and not die and declare the works of The Lord..."
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It is really tough with seedlings because you can't hose them off like plants. I tried the potato starch and dawn mixture and it worked a little but I need to completely eradicate them since it is seedlings we are talking about plus some will be sold. I bought some pyrethrin today but I wouldn't spray that outside where it would kill good bugs too (no good bugs in my basement this year. Not sure where the lady beetles are, so it is fine to use pyrethrin).
The hottest peppers in the world are Indian. They are called Bhut Jolokia or similar names. The plants are similar to habs. I am growing those too, plus many other hot peppers. I will plant around 1/3 hot peppers to 2/3 sweet.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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LM... I'll have to check those peppers out! I absolutely love hot spicy foods. You would never know that I am a blue eyed blonde of primarily Scandanavian descent. Somewhere in me is some Native American or whatever that has always drawn me to spicy foods. 
Meanwhile, I do hope you rid yourself of those darned pesky aphids that definitely can wreak havoc, particularly with seedlings! They can suck the life out of plants like vampires. 
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