"to harvest some pods during the winter," says LB. And to start the season with a pair of 40 inch habaneros and a 44 inch serrano already well leafed out and showing neat little buds, and the hope of an enormous harvest from overwintered Spring giants, and the enjoyment of picking fresh pods with a foot of snow on the ground, and fooling Mother nature just by keeping the plants alive, and ... Gareth the ChileKnight