I’ve had mixed results with peppers, but for me the variety I’m growing obviously makes a big difference. Some (like these cayennes) have done very well, while others (esp. bell) just don’t succeed. I don’t care a whole lot about crop, though – for me gardening is as much experiment as anything else.

I’m sure the husks were totally edible (if a little dusty). But given that we hadn’t eaten them in over five years, it wasn’t clear they were ever going to be used up and she was tired of looking at them :-).

I tried to grow some pepper plants once, but after a couple of very small peppers they died. Not too sure what I was doing wrong, but I guess i’m not too green fingered.

Why did you compost the husks, could you not use them in cooking once they were dried?