Chilli Tour Guide

Chilli Tour Guide Harvesting bushels of fiery memories here at the chilli ranch. Shawn Plumb is a co-founder and Director at Edible Ornamentals.
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We are commercial chilli growers in Bedfordshire. Shawn was raised in Idaho in the United States and from the age of 14 worked in the pea fields of northern Idaho and eastern Washington. He graduated high school and joined the US Air Force serving on active duty for 11 years at several assignments both in the United States and overseas. Honorably discharged in 1993 Shawn along with his wife Joanna

ventured in to the world of commercial Chilli Growing here in the UK. Their business has won many awards including Horticultural Weekly’s Grower of the year 2011 and Chilli Grower of the Year on several occasions. Both Shawn and Joanna have appeared on radio and television both as a chilli lover and growing expert. Shawn delivers workshops on chilli growing and consults for both charities and businesses on establishing commercial growing operations in both conventional and hydroponic production methods. Shawn collaborates with many people in the industry on hot sauce production and his company grows and supplies chillies to a number of business in the UK and Europe.

Join us for BBQ & live music here at the Chilli Ranch with Beans and Biscuits playing both kinds of music on June 16t...
01/06/2024

Join us for BBQ & live music here at the Chilli Ranch with Beans and Biscuits playing both kinds of music on June 16th, 12-4 pm. Chilli plants, sauces, BBQ, and more! Limited parking, carpool recommended. music

Join us for BBQ & live music here at the Chilli Ranch with on June 16th, 12-4 pm. Chilli plants, sauces, BBQ, and mo...
26/05/2024

Join us for BBQ & live music here at the Chilli Ranch with on June 16th, 12-4 pm. Chilli plants, sauces, BBQ, and more! Limited parking, carpool recommended. music

11/04/2024

📰✨ Breaking News! ✨ Did you catch yesterday's Times feature? We're honoured to be named Bedford's top tourist attraction, mentioned alongside Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando! 🌶️🥇

Live music returns to the Chilli Ranch on 7 April when we welcome the Doug Paul Trio Band and their musical journey thro...
23/03/2024

Live music returns to the Chilli Ranch on 7 April when we welcome the Doug Paul Trio Band and their musical journey through the hits of the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Enjoy free gourmet chilli sauce tastings and choose from a selection of chilli, herb, and veggie plants from the plant nursery. Music starts at 11am until 3pm. Hope to see you there. 😀🌶️🌶️🌶️

14/03/2024
19/02/2024
We are offering a 10% discount on pre-orders for chillies and tomatillos grown here at the Chilli Ranch in 2024. The of...
10/12/2023

We are offering a 10% discount on pre-orders for chillies and tomatillos grown here at the Chilli Ranch in 2024. The offer closes at midnight on 19 January 2024. Get them while they're hot!!! 🌶🌶🌶

Pre-order wholesale chillies, chilli plants, tomatillo's, herb plants, and other products offered here at the Chilli Ranch.

18/03/2023

NEW PUBLICATION!!! ⬇️ THE CHILE CULTIVARS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1913–2022 (http://bit.ly/3mTbo57): New Mexico State University has the longest-running continuous chile pepper breeding and genetics program in the world. The chile improvement program officially began at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NMSU) in 1888 with Dr. Fabián García, NMSU’s first horticulturist. He began breeding for the improved New Mexican pod-type in 1884, and in 1913 he released ‘New Mexico No. 9’. Improvement of chile cultivars for New Mexico through breeding and genetics is a major research priority at NMSU. All New Mexican pod-type chiles grown today gained their genetic base from cultivars first developed at NMSU (Bosland, 2015).

(PHOTO: Dr. García had an artist draw the selections he made while breeding for the new ‘New Mexican’ type chile pepper. ‘New Mexico No. 9’ was very similar to #12 in this picture).

22/02/2023

Listen to us being interviewed by the amazing Phil Lack today at 2pm onwards on
blackcatradio.org. Find out how we started working with Clarkson Farm....

The hard frost has finally arrived here in Bedfordshire and we've stripped the plants of pods just in time. We have a f...
09/12/2022

The hard frost has finally arrived here in Bedfordshire and we've stripped the plants of pods just in time. We have a few of these fantastic Jalapenos available for a couple more days. Get them before we pickle them. :)

Last chance to purchase jalapenos. Corking - good for chillies, bad for wine 😉 - https://mailchi.mp/chillitour.co.uk/hot-stuff-is-on-its-way-647314

19/08/2022

Two of our favourite things will converge here at the ranch on the 20th of August... delicious barbecue food from the amazing and live music featuring the amazing and Why not join us?!

Another batch of chipotle on the go alongside tonight's supper.
10/07/2022

Another batch of chipotle on the go alongside tonight's supper.

Hot stuff in the chilli tunnel with Joanna at the Chilli Ranch
06/07/2022

Hot stuff in the chilli tunnel with Joanna at the Chilli Ranch

Brilliant weekend Feasty Events] with a great group of artisan chilli producers from across the UK. Friday night was th...
28/06/2022

Brilliant weekend Feasty Events] with a great group of artisan chilli producers from across the UK. Friday night was the tent party with me, Steve, Lee, Dan, Owen and Irena (missing from this picture). Feasty Events]

Tunnel 6 is nearly finished planting up. Here we have both Jalapeno and Serenade chillies growing. ...
02/05/2022

Tunnel 6 is nearly finished planting up. Here we have both Jalapeno and Serenade chillies growing.

The Bramble greenhouse also received a new lease of life. The wood and glass have been removed and it's been re-covered ...
01/05/2022

The Bramble greenhouse also received a new lease of life. The wood and glass have been removed and it's been re-covered in high quality horticultural plastic. Time to get growing.

Good Friday with good friends re-skinning tunnel 9 at the Chilli Ranch. ...
21/04/2022

Good Friday with good friends re-skinning tunnel 9 at the Chilli Ranch.

We have some exciting news to share. THE PALLET CAFE are coming to THE CHILLI RANCH! 🎉🌶The Pallet Café is an establishe...
11/04/2022

We have some exciting news to share. THE PALLET CAFE are coming to THE CHILLI RANCH! 🎉🌶

The Pallet Café is an established, premium, artisan eatery that has been serving top notch cuisine here in Bedfordshire for more than three years. They have built a huge following of very discerning and loyal customers from across Bedfordshire and the Three Counties and we are enormously fortunate to have them joining us here at the Chilli Ranch.

The café is the brainchild of Jonathan and Paige and everything about it illuminates their own values of quality and sustainability. They specialize in all things homemade, fresh, and local. They artistically re-use, re-purpose, and upcycle everything from the interior décor to the equipment used in their kitchen, and even the leftover coffee grounds which are used for garden fertiliser.
The menu is a smorgasbord of everything delicious and sweet, from their best selling sweet chilli sausage rolls to specialty coffees, milkshakes, iced drinks, sharing platters, small plates, specials and much more.

They have been rated 5 out of 5 for their outstanding food and service based on customer reviews on both Google and on their own page.

Over the next few weeks, they will be settling in here at the ranch and putting their own, unique touch on the space. Watch out for posts from us and them when they are ready to start serving food. We are enormously proud to have them here with us at the Chilli Ranch. Please join us in giving Jonathan and Paige the very warmest of welcomes.
Please visit and LIKE their page here https://m.facebook.com/THEPALLETCAFEE

Lots of plants staged and ready to go. Just waiting on the weather. ...
03/04/2022

Lots of plants staged and ready to go. Just waiting on the weather.

The UK chilli industry keeps producing amazing innovation & success and The Somerset Chilli Company is no exception. The...
20/03/2022

The UK chilli industry keeps producing amazing innovation & success and The Somerset Chilli Company is no exception. They were named Best New Business 2022 in the Bath Life Awards. For my American friends...Bath is a place in England. Just sayin. 😃 i enjoyed a pleasant afternoon Saturday talking all things chilli with founder James.

Here's Nazarena in the Vault, taking stock of the tens of thousands of chilli seedlings she's propagated & reared this s...
05/03/2022

Here's Nazarena in the Vault, taking stock of the tens of thousands of chilli seedlings she's propagated & reared this season. Happy birthday to my wonderful daughter. Hope you have a terrific weekend.

21/02/2022

It's been an interesting week in weather with three named storms arriving each on the heels of the previous one. First Dudley, then Eunice, and as I write this Franklin is battering the Chilli Ranch. The big glasshouse and tunnels have remained unaffected although we have lost one of our signs on the road, a small greenhouse, and a fence panel. We may not rush to make the repairs though since the meteorologists are predicting more strong winds later in the week in the medium range forecasts. Batton down yhe hatches. 🔥

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Edible Ornamentals At Cherwood Nursery, Blue Bells Chawston
Bedford
MK443BL

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Sunday 11am - 4pm

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Father's Day is all about good food, good music, and great beer. Hope you enjoyed your Father's Day celebrations. Here's a taste of ours down yonder at the Chilli Ranch. #chilli #livemusicvenue #hotsauce #fathersday #barbeque #scotchbonnet #chillisauce #hotsauce #chillijam #homeofbritishchillies

It's been an interesting week in weather with three named storms arriving each on the heels of the previous one. First Dudley, then Eunice, and as I write this Franklin is battering the Chilli Ranch. The big glasshouse and tunnels have remained unaffected although we have lost one of our signs on the road, a small greenhouse, and a fence panel. We may not rush to make the repairs though since the meteorologists are predicting more strong winds later in the week in the medium range forecasts. Batton down yhe hatches. @edibleornamentals #chilli #weather #Dudley #Eunice #Franklin #Gladys #winterfood #windy #sustainable #climate #environment #recycling #leadership #zerowaste #hotsauce #chillisauce #greenhouse #polytunnel #vegan #growyourown #scotchbonnet #naga #carolinareaper #jalapeno #Britishfood #Bedfordshire #homeofbritishchillies #chillijam #hotwings🔥

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