St. Jim opens his fields to the masses for one weekend every year. All the chiles you can pick....but don't get greedy. Matt On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:29:51 -0500, Chris Thomas <cthomas@precisecastings.com> wrote: > Jim, > Forgive me for my ignorance, as I am new to the list...yesterday to be > precise! Anyway, what is the "Open Fields" event? I live in Illionois, and > haven't heard of it before. > Thanks, > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jim@wildpepper.com> > To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:14 AM > Subject: [CH] Open Fields 2004 & Dates for 2005 > > >I would like to thank all those who came to the fields & made the event > > such a success. It ain't me that makes it happen, it's all the great CH > > folks that show up that do! > > > > Consider this the first official invite for 2005 :-) Mark your > > calendars for Sept 24th & 25th. That last weekend in September seems to > > be the consensus. > > > > I also need two things from the list, if yawl don't mind.... > > > > 1) A list of suggested chiles to grow for next year. > > > > 2) Some suggested themes for the event. > > > > > > FoodTV said it would be at least 5 weeks before they knew an expected > > air date for the footage they shot. I have no idea how long the segment > > will be. Some folks said about 5 minutes, which means that 8 hours and > > 55 minutes of footage is going to get left on the cutting room floor :-/ > > > > I'll be sending Russ's poster out to him this week, though I've no idea > > when he'll be able to see it. I have no more information other than > > what has been on the list. > > > > Thanks again to one and all & hope to see you all again next year! > > > > -Jim C > > Mild to Wild(R) > > > >