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Our own range of Chilli Jelly, Relishes, Sauces & Pickles

Chillis Galore are Richard (nickname Wilf) & Kathy, who started growing chillis 19 years ago in Norwich, UK, really just to obtain different varieties to use in cooking, the first few plants then led to this website originating. Over the years it has grown in popularity which a huge following worldwide, and us developing our own homemade chilli jellies, relishes and sauces from our own kitchen. All our plants are still grown in greenhouses in our back garden where we grow different varieties each year, where the progress can be seen from each year in the diary pages.

Chillis Galore Range of Jellies and Sauces

Farmers Markets
Come and sample all our products, or just get some advice for your chilli plants, we are always about most Saturdays in one of the larger farmers markets.

This Months Farmers Markets

Aylsham , Town Centre, 7 Feb
Dereham , Town Centre, 14 Feb
Wymondham , Town Centre, 21 Feb
Beccles, Heliport, 21 Feb
Fakenham , Town Centre, 28 Feb

This may be a bit old now but if you haven't read it before it is well worth a look and guarantees a good laugh. Read about these Hot Chilli Tales, an amusing tale from a Texan chilli tasting. Quick History of chillis, heat scales measurement with Scoville units and species terminology, Chilli Facts, and after your harvest, do you have too many chillis to use, a few things you can do to use them up or preserve them, roasting, freezing pickling & smoking, in cooking with chillis.

The Chilli So Hot You Need Gloves?

Is this the hottest chilli in the world? or only the first of the Naga's to be actually tested. This Dorset Naga, which is almost twice as hot as the Red Savina was cultivated from a chilli and plants bought at an oriental store in Bournemouth, UK 2000/1, it was then grown on by Peppers By Post in Dorset and then had the heatscale tested. Full story

Seed Varieties
There are a good variety of seed companies on our links page if you are looking for something different this year. New fresh seeds should give you a better harvest and the true strain of chilli. Undecided on what to grow have a look at our varieties pages which may help you decide on what to grow. Another source for seeds is Ebay, plenty to pick from on there, although you may take the risk with poor germination or cross fertilized seeds.

Visit the Varieties page or the Links page for more details.

Our Own Growing Diaries
Each year we try to grow an interesting assortment of chillis, which will appeal to all, whether you only have a small space on a kitchen windowsill, or access to a greenhouse or a conservatory. We've grown the smallest ornamentals which are still edible, but ho,t to the larger bushes which can reach up to 2 metres if planted into the ground in a greenhouse. If you wish try Hydroponics (check out our growing tips) or have a look at 2004 or 2007 onwards diary pages, where we tried Greenhouse Sensations GS 100 & 200 kit, and the Wilma 4 pot, everything included to get you started, with great success.

A few articles have been written over the years about us