On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:25:09 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:

... which reminds us you can make chili spray to keep pests off!
(apparently).

Perhaps, but capsaicin is active in mammals only, AFAIK. It's an
evolutionary thing developed to keep mammals from eating chilis because
our digestive tracts destroy the seeds, whereas birds pass them through
intact (and fertilised!)

However, there's the remnants of two lovely red cayenne chilis hanging
off their stems next to a trellis now, demonstrating that something with
teeth is quite happy to nom them! :/
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Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"The man wi the ladder is as bad as the thief"
- The Wee Book of Calvin