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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Schoolyard Roots auction is live! Be sure to check out all the awesome items and our Fat Squirrel Pepper basket, all in support of a good cause!

Basket with fat squirrel.peppers spices and salsa

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Come see us at #Tuscaloosa River Market. We have Carolina Gold BBQ style seasoning and plenty of Carolina Reapers for UA vs SC gameday.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's our market flyer for the week! Should be a fun market for family weekend and plenty of time to shop before the game!

Flyer listing pepper varieties available at the Tuscaloosa River Market

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our schoolyard roots special at Jalapeños Downtown, a spicy margarita with our homegrown aji lemon peppers! All dishes and drinks in the moveable feast supports a great cause, starts next week!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today’s Friday night Pizza Pepper Pick is the 7-Pot Heatless, as the name implies it's a heatless variety of 7-Pot that looks almost identical to a Primo. It keeps the floral flavor of the hotter varieties, just with none of the capsaicin. Beautiful flavor and perfection on pizza!

half a dozen shiny red unpicked 7 pot heatless, surrounded by green leavea. a clear plastic container is held underneath, full of 7 pot heatless pods.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our market flyer for the week! Summer is coming to an end and the peppers are feeling the extreme heat, so come and get your fresh peppers while you can. At #tuscaloosarivermarket

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you love growing or eating Hatch chiles, you're already feeling the effects of anthropogenic climate change.

The New Mexico Chile Association has issued a supply update warning of chile shortages ranging from 20% to 50% across the board. The crop has faced challenging growing conditions, specifically due to unusually warm nighttime temperatures throughout the summer harvest season that left plants stressed and unable to produce an expected second harvest. The association is urging industry partners to communicate directly with suppliers regarding forecasts and inventory to help navigate these shortfalls.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The benefit of letting the flowers grow wild is you get visitors like this. Ruby throated hummingbird!

ruby throated humming bird drinks from thr long and narrow trumpet like flower of a red morning glory that is growing on a fence.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This week’s pizza pepper pick is the Aji Fantasy. Crispy and fruity with a heat level around a jalapeño. Use it in stir fries, pickled, and of course as a pizza topping. We also use it in our Thai Salsa recipe! Available tomorrow, at Tuscaloosa River Market! #pizza #peppers #tuscaloosa #alabam

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We've got another great lineup of peppers this week, plus a new spice mix! #Peppers #FarmersMarket #Alabama

poster for this weeks market with all the pepper varieties and spices available.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looks as scary as the 7 pot, but the 7 pot heatless truly has no heat. Perfect for tricking your friends! Available this weekend at #tuscaloosarivermarket

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're taking the weekend off from the #tuscaloosarivermarket but go and support the other vendors!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We need help finding sport pepper seeds. Any Chicago style hot dog fans or gardeners who can help? My understanding is that they are just a variety of serrano that is more slender and less hot. #Chicago #Peppers #Gardening #HotDogs

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's that time again, here's our market flyer for the week. Lots of peppers, plants, spices, and salsa!

Pepper varieties for the week: 7 POT HEATLESS / 7 POT SLIMER / AJI CHALLUARURO / AJI CHOCABAMBA / AJI FANTASY / AJI FANTASY / AJI GUYANA / AJI LEMON / AJI LILY TEOLINDA / AJI MONIKA / ARIBIBI GUSANO / SWEET BANANA / BIG MAMA / BIQUINHO / CABACINA LARANJA / CAP455 / CAROLINA REAPER / CAYENNE / DATIL / DRUID / GHOST / FATALII / FRESNO / HABANERO / HATCH / KHANGSTARR LEMON STARRBURST JALAPENO / JAMAICAN HOT CHOCOLATE / LAND / MINI BELL / MURASAKI PURPLE / MURUPI / PEACHADEW / PEPPADEW / PIMENTA ELIZABETH / ROBS FOLLY / RHINO DD / SANTA FE / SARIT GAT / SCORPION HULK / SCOTCH BONNET / SHISHITO / TABASCO / TANGERINE TS / TRINIDAD PERFUME / UBATUBA / WHITE KNIGHT / VARIEGATED PURPLE CALYX / YUMMY ORANGE

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good morning from the allotment this morning 🌞

A wide-angle shot of a garden at dawn with morning mist rising over the fields. Green crop rows stretch across the foreground, while a line of houses is faintly visible through the fog in the background under a soft pastel sky.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Here's our market flyer for the week with all the pepper varieties available!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's supposed to be another 100°F day. The pepper plants have dropped most of their flowers so I expect harvests to gwt drastically smaller for the next month or so. #Allotment #Gardening

Rows of pepper plants along with some okra and herbs being watered. a fence line with wildflowers and weeds. a car parked by the fence. in the distance a row of houses across a field. sunrise pokes through clouds.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Look at the beautiful pigment of our Aji Guyana powder. Did you know that all our spice blends have our locally grown peppers crafted lovingly from start to finish, all the way from seed to fruit to powder! Dehydrated gently and processed, it's what makes our blends special & nothing goes to waste.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Our market flyer featuring our delicious varieties of peppers available. We're still offering several types of herb plants, native flowers (coneflowers, black eyed susans, mountain mints), and ornamental pepper plants. We also have our homemade and Tuscaloosa-grown spice blends and salsa.

Tuscaloosa River Market flyer for Fat Squirrel Peppers listing the pepper varieties available for the week. Those varieties are 7 POT SLIMER, AJI CHALLUARURO, AJI
FANTASY, AJI GUYANA, AJI LEMON, AJI LILY TEOLINDA, ARIBIBI GUSANO, BIG MAMA
PEACH, BIQUINHO, CABACINA LARANJA, CAP455, CAROLINA REAPER, CAYENNE, DATIL,
DRUID (RED AND MANGO), GHOST (RED, CHOC), HATCH, FATALII, FRESNO, HABANERO
(ORANGE, RED), HULK SCORPION, JALAPENO, KHANGSTARR LEMON STARRBURST, LAND,
MURUPI (CHOC., PURPLE, RED, WHITE), PEACHADEW, PEPPADEW, PIMENTA ELIZABETH,
SANTA FE, SCOTCH BONNET (ORANGE, RED, YELLOW), SHISHITO, TABASCO, TANGERINE TS,
TRINIDAD PERFUME, UBATUBA, VARIEGATED PURPLE CALYX

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Did some sowing yesterday. This time I used potting soil in a 50 cell tray, planted the seeds and topped off with peat moss, a cheaper solution than using all seed start soil! These varieties usually sprout pretty easily, so we'll see how it goes.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here's our market flyer for the week! We're still offering several types of mint plants and other herbs, native flowers, spices, and salsa. Come on down!

flyer with the pepper varieties listed for the week at the Tuscaloosa River Market. varieties include: 7 POT NO HEAT , 7 POT SLIMER , AJI CHALLUARURO , AJI
CACHUCHA (DULCE) , AJI FANTASY , AJI GUYANA , AJI JOBITO , AJI LEMON , AJI LILY
TEOLINDA , AJI MONIKA , ARIBIBI GUSANO , SWEET BANANA , BIG MAMA PEACH ,
BIQUINHO , MINI BELL , CABACINA LARANJA , CAROLINA REAPER , CAYENNE , DATIL ,
DRUID (RED AND MANGO) , GHOST (RED AND CHOC) , GRIF 9238 , FATALII , FRESNO ,
HABANERO , HULK SCORPION , JALAPENO , KHANGSTARR LEMON STARRBURST , KHANGSTARR
PUMPKIN SPICE , MURASAKI PURPLE , MURUPI , PEACHADEW , PEPPADEW , PIMENTA
ELIZABETH , SANTA FE , SARIT GAT , SCOTCH BONNET , SHISHITO , TABASCO ,
TANGERINE TS , TRINIDAD PERFUME , UBATUBA , VARIEGATED PURPLE CALYX , WHITE
KNIGHT

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Vote for Tuscaloosa River Market at markets.farmland.org/markets/308379 to keep us number #1!

Vote now in America's farmers market celebration for Tuscaloosa River market

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our market flyer for the week. We still have lots of plants available including native flowers, mountain mint, ornamental peppers, herbs, and tomatoes. Plants are $5-7

Market flyer listing pepper varieties available this week

List of vendors at the Tuscaloosa River Market

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I left a pepper variety off the list for tomorrow! Sorry peppadew 😢

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our market flyer for the July 18th Tuscaloosa River Market. Come see us and get some fresh peppers 🌶️🔥🌶️ However many you can fit, you get! Half-pints $7 Pints $10

List of all vendors for the River market.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Here's our fresh pepper varieties available tomorrow. From mild to superhot, there is something for everyone! We will also have our several varieties of mint and other herbs, along with our custom spice blends and salsas made with love and the peppers we grow. You won't want to miss it!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hope you had a good fourth, we did but are back from vacation and will see you at Tuscalooosa River Market this weekend! We've restocked our smoked salsa and aji lemon taco seasoning, so come on by. Some new plants too!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Banana legs tomatoes, a funny name for a gorgeous tomato! They start out with green and light green stripes that fade as they ripen. They have dense flesh, with little seed pulp. A new fun one to grow, seeds from Alliance of Native Seed Keepers

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our locally grown jalapeños will be in a special dish at your fave hangout soon, what could it be? 🤔

Beautiful unripe corked jalapenos peppers in an aluminum bowl

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When life gives you garlic scapes, garlic scape aioli! We grew garlic for the first time this year and let's just say lots of garlic recipes to come! I used about 8 scapes to a cup of mayo/Greek yogurt which may sound like a lot but the garlic flavor is much milder than a clove!

Hand holding zephyr squash and garlic scapes in a garden

White sauce with green flecks of garlic scape

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ceej @ceej.online · 17/05/2026

We’re officially on HOT MUSTARD DORITO WATCH. The FRITO-LAY SNACK CONGLOMERATE, despite inventing the GREATEST DORITO FLAVOR SINCE “COOL RANCH,” seems intent on QUIETLY BURYING THE PRODUCT despite an ENGAGED AND RAVENOUS PUBLIC LOUDLY CLAMORING for their IMMEDIATE RETURN!

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Candy cane bell peppers available for sale tomorrow at Tuscaloosa River Market, $7

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

See you tomorrow at Tuscaloosa River Market, we'll have some new pepper varieties 😁

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

the lowe's app should help you keep track of which trip of the day you're on ("2 of 3" etc)

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Check out this fit in our Honda Fit. 155x 4 inch pots might be a record.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We are working hard to get the beds ready for our peppers! And to get our plants hardened off for the Tuscaloosa River Market this weekend! Lots of new peppers, tomatoes, and herb plants coming this weekend so see you there 🌶️🌱🌶️🍅

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

We're here at Tuscaloosa River Market with our plants, spices, and salsa for another few hours! Come on down 🌱🌶️🍅

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

More pepper planning, as residential micro farmers we have to be intentional about varieties we want to include or not. We also consider our customers, not everyone wants the hottest or the most exotic, but we will always have a unique variety of peppers! spring plant sales begin in not too long.

Picture of several pepper seed packs in baseball card organizer next to a laptop with a spreadsheet open.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Made some pozole rojo with our dried guajillo and pasilla chiles soaked, then blended with garlic to make a flavorful base mixed with chicken stock, spices, and pork. Got too hungry and didn't get a pic once the hominy was added 😁 we served it with some cabbage, serranos, and cilantro.

Picture of red broth with tender shredded pork

Picture of dried guajillo and pasilla chiles. Red and green peppers.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Covered up the fava beans and greens Sunday night and all day Monday, and they lived! We bought a bale of hay and piled up on the fava along covering with regular sheets.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Things are looking festive at Fat Squirrel Peppers as we're getting ready for the Tuscaloosa River Market coming this Saturday!

Picture of squirrel ornament next to two jars of salsa perched on a Christmas tree

Pepper flakes and pepper sugar perched on a Christmas tree next to a squirrel ornament with sunglasses

Several locally grown and made spice blend jars lined up on a Christmas tree next to a squirrel ornament.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We're back December 13th, for our annual Fat Squirrel Peppers Holiday Booth at Tuscaloosa River Market. We'll have lots of our custom spice blends and salsas available for purchase, and maybe a holiday sale or two. So come on by, we've missed you!

Holiday flyer for fat squirrel peppers with glowing peppers, holly, and a Christmas tree, giving the date and time.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Peppers can twin too! From our last harvest of the season, (off-pheno) fatalii pepper twins 💛👯

Pic of yellow ridged peppers twinned on the same pepper fruit

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Had to put on the headlamp and cover up the winter crops last night as we were under a freeze warning. Pictured is our fava beans getting tucked in for the night 🫛

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Looks like our season is ending this weekend! Thanks for all the support this year, we have reached the end of the road!

Map depicting temperatures across the southeast US, that are dipping into the low 30s/20s. This means pepper season is over as they'll be killed by the low temps.

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Fat Squirrel Peppers @fatpeppers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

See you tomorrow, almost had a frost last night, season is coming to a cloooooooooose 👻

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