How to "Jalapeño"...organically!

In South Africa we should have great weather for jalapeno plants. I started planting from seeds in November 2013. I didn't have much luck at first, even with organic pesticide. I stopped making pesticide and again just let nature take its course. The plants were attacked by snails and worms during winter and only one small jalapeno on each plant. By the middle of spring the plants started blooming again and they looked healthy with no pesticide aid. I also noticed the peppers grew fast and bigger. Now I just leave them to see how big they will get before I harvest them. 

I definitely would suggest adding some jalapenos to your garden. They are great help for your immune system. I started by planting them into pots then after 2 months I transplanted them in different locations throughout the garden. In the shade the plants will not grow much so I focused on the plants that were doing better in full sun. In all cases I would always water the plants a lot especially if it hasn't rained in 2 days. So with efficient sunlight and water, you would be good to go.

Jalapeno it up in your garden.I will post pictures if I find different pepper seeds to grow. Have a good day people.

More basil and pest control ideas.

 Here are some more pictures of my basil plants. I planted some in the shade and others in full sun and both spots seem to work great as long as you water a lot. I also found that if you keep cutting leaves and trimming the top so that it doesn't flower, the leaves grow slightly bigger and the plant lasts longer. Since I decided not to use pesticides I have been hoping for lizards to take over and I placed huge rocks together in different locations and also bushy herbs like lemon thyme for them to hide in. It took some time but they eventually came. I also read that frogs could help so I will try getting in some frogs and ponds later. Have an awesome day people and start growing your own food.

Basil Plants

I thought I would start with basil plants. The seedling that you see are the green basil plants but they never matured because pests, like grasshoppers, kept eating them. At first I tried homemade organic pesticide but that did not help me much. I have decided to try permaculture in my garden and not use any kind of pesticide. Let nature take its course. I do use organic fertiliser called Seagro and only that.So you could say not permacultured yet. You would be able to get more information regarding Seagro on the internet.  I will post more pictures of all the other plants that I'm growing and seeds that I'm harvesting. Have a good day people, and try to start planting your own food.