It would seem for overwintering chilies, pruning is the way to go.

Chili plants – plant which was pruned on right
In an earlier post, I described how I wanted to check whether pruning my chili plants was a good or bad idea. I pruned one and left the other unattended. I wasn’t able to find any [...]

OK, so I’ve clocked the kale growing at 0.00kph. It might be time for a bit of a diversion…
There was a not-too-pretty block of social housing in Dublin, not too far from Stephen’s Green which has recently been replaced with more modern and sustainable social housing. Interesting to urban farmers is to note the consideration given [...]

After reading a lot of blogs and online articles, I’m not convinced my winter defiance plan is going to work but I have resolved to soldier on regardless. This evening I thinned out the kale and lettuce and they seem fine. 2 inches seems like a good return for a week and a bit. I [...]