BLOG

Pepper Harvest 2019 Pepper Harvest in Canada at Gordz Hot Sauce farm was very different this year! In past years, we generally held a 'harvest day' on Thanksgiving, as the True North is not usually very plant friendly after this time. Friends would gather for a picking party! It was generally a 1 day affair. This year, well, this year was interesti...

​ You can see the gardens are looking fabulous with big healthy hot pepper plants, despite the weather this summer. We had such a late planting and then it went directly from wet and cold to dry and superhot!  Although we keep the peppers in good water supply, nothing makes them happier than rain and thunderstorms. Believe it or not. Unde...

Garlic Festival On Saturday August 24th 2019, a major food festival in Quebec returns for it's 13th year. The Garlic Festival de l'Ail is back Montreal ! Quebec's Premier Garlic Festival is in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, on the waterfront, hosted by Marché Ste-Anne Farmers Market. https://marchesainteanne.ca/en/home/ https://www.ville.sainte-anne-de-bell...

​ Do you like to BBQ?    Looking for easy BBQ sauce recipes?  Gordz has you covered in a very Canadian way!   Gordz Smokin' Chipotles are all Canadian, just as maple syrup and tomato sauce are.   GORDZ ALL CANADIAN MAPLE CHIPOTLE BBQ SAUCE in 3 simple ingredients!  Gordz Smokin' Chipotles lends itself well fo...

How we transplant super hot seedlings:  This is a 72 cell tray of super hots that was planted early January.  When your plants look like this, a mini forest, they are ready for transplanting.  We use recyclable solo cups yearly, as they are deeper than the standard 4" plastic pots, and allow for larger root growth.    ​Here...

What a way to kick off the new year, with a fantastic review from Martin Lamoureux of Habanero Montreal! Bonjour à tous, Aujourd'hui je vais vous présenter une sauce que j'ai trouvée dans un marché à Montréal l'été passé. Je n'avais jamais entendu parlé de cette sa...uce, donc je me suis dit qu'il serait important d'en faire un review pour la ...

It was a very busy year at Gordz Hot Sauce! The Fall was gorgeous at the Pepper Ranch while we were in production and gearing up for Christmas markets. It was far above normal in terms of warm and sunny! The greenhouse made it to December this year! That was amazing! The live plants have all been moved indoors safe from the freezing temps we get he...

Fall at Gordz Pepper Ranch is a wonderful sight! The pepper gardens are overgrown with lush and loaded superhot pepper plants with vibrantly colourful peppers. So many varieties! Some of the hot pepper plants grew to gigantic proportions! The pepper plants really love being in the dirt versus potted, and they sure do love the rain! The mature fruit...

​As summer progresses, we continue to water, weed and tend all these pepper plants. The landscape fabric saves much of the weeding time. The birds take care of pest control for us, as they walk under the plants snagging the pests for lunch. We seem to have a security detail of hummingbirds as well. I did mention we live in a birdcage, right? As the...

Spring is a busy time for Gordz Hot Sauce. We have to plan out our gardens while we continue sowing seeds, with the addition of watering all the young plants frequently. While the weather is cool and the snow melts away, we take the opportunity to clean up the property and prepare for new gardens. We have decided to alternate gardens and parks thro...

​We began this year by ordering fresh seed stock to compliment our own harvested seeds from last year.  We sow the seeds in tray after tray of too many varieties to list. We line them all up on tables under their domes for easy watering and we wait for them to sprout. Once sprouted, we add lights to assist with their growth and ...