Peppers by Post

Welcome to Peppers by Post

We sell "home-grown" fresh chillies through the post

The season is now closed.

Selling season for 2012 will start in August

We – Michael and Joy Michaud – specialise in the production of chilli peppers on our West Dorset nursery overlooking the English Channel. As the name of the business suggests the produce is sold by mail order.

We sell only what we grow, and pride ourselves in producing a quality product. The chillies are grown in polytunnels, and picked according to the days orders, so delivery glitches aside, customers normally receive their chillies just the day after they were growing on the plant, fresher than anything that can be bought in the shops.

There are thousands of varieties of chillies in the world, and not all are created equal. The varieties we are selling this year are all habanero types. They all have the fruity flavour of a habanero chilli, but range in heat level from Dorset Naga, one of the world's hottest chillies (see www.dorsetnaga.com), to Apricot, an exceptional habanero with almost no heat but a delicious tropical aroma and flavour.

To order please go to the link "Ordering Information" at the top of this page. To view the full range of chillies we sell please click on the ‘Varieties’ window (to the left) and it will reveal all.

NuMex Twilight, one of the chillies that may go into a mixed bag (seed available from Sea Spring Seeds. See seaspringseeds.co.uk)

Dorset Naga Seeds / plug plants

If you wish to buy seed try our sister company, Sea Spring Seeds (see www.seaspringseeds.co.uk).

Sea Spring Seeds sells seed of Dorset Naga, Trinity, Apricot and many other chilli varieties, including the stunninngly beautiful NuMex Twilight (see picture above) and its even prettier cousin, Fariy Lights. In addition, we are selling seed of sweet pepper varieties, some of the very best tasting cherry tomatoes we have ever tried and several other herb and vegetable varieties.

We only sell seed of varieties that we have grown ourselves – and can recommend from our own experience.

Please note, Sea Spring Seeds is the only company authorised to sell Dorset Naga seed.

We also sell plug plants of of Dorset Naga and a wide range of other chilli varieties. We are accepting orders now, but the plants will be sent out early May 2012 when they will be ready for potting up. To order please go to www.seaspringplants.co.uk

Open day

Next year (2012) our Open Day will be on 26th August, i.e. the Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The open day will be a Pepper by Post and Sea Spring Seeds event, so as well as chillies there will be other vegetable trials on show, including a sweet pepper and a tomato trial and some outdoor crops. Seed, fresh chillies, chilli plants and various cards, posters, etc. will be on sale.

We are a small market garden so a tour around our crops will not take all day, but a neighbouring farm will also be having their open day and we are just a quarter of a mile from the sea! Besides, West Dorset is a beautiful place to visit. So come, make a day, or even a weekend of of it, and enjoy!

Shows

Throughout the summer we are at a show most weekends selling plants, seeds and fresh chillies. As soon as events are confirmed they will be posted here.

Sea Spring Seeds stall at the Wessex Chilli Festival

If you live close come and say hello to us, and if you are a regular customer please introduce yourself!