Linda Reynolds wrote: > > I too wondered what a ranchslider was???? This has flushed me out of the lurk mode I've been in since I resubscribed a couple of weeks ago. Blame Tony for my rejoining. Hi all. :-) I've finally come out of the other end of that dark hole of work I've been in the last few years and am hoping I can actually grow some chillies this year, landscaping timing and water willing. I still have a few 3-4 year-old chilli plants in the garden (almost all from seeds I swapped with list members), but they haven't survived our 4-year drought very well. Wish rain for Sydney! H and I had a lovely time with Tony here with us a couple of months ago (we went on a month's holiday just as Tony was coming back from his). Ever the gracious guest, Tony was kind enough to bring us some dried hab powder. Tony, that powder drove all the way around Australia with us and brightened many a camp breakfast. Now H is making mutterings about wanting more Inner Beauty-style hot sauce. There will be more sauce making in my future. Now, Alex, Linda; the word "ranchslider" is Kiwi-ese for a glass sliding door! Cheers, Tara (in Sydney, Australia) list member on and off since....1997? 1998?