simy1,
two dozen? It's absolutely amazing how long some people stay alive.

There are two problems that I am trying to address:
Numero Uno, in the past any greens left in the garden have been hammered
into pulp by the rains.

Numero Two-o is that I've have had a couple of peppers over-winter. They
also get hammered by the rain but the stalk still has some green to it
and it re-generates when the weather warms up. The last few winters have
been mild and the severe lack direct sunlight in Dec.-Jan. seems to take
it's toll. I'd like to give them more of an edge than that.

Numero three-o (there are at least three problems that I would like to
address) is that the slugs and snails here are like pirana fish. You may
as well drop a cow in with the velocorapters. Bye-bye!

Again, if you think of some question I should have asked, please pass it
on.

Again, thanks for your time and your hard earned knowledge,
- Bill