27th March - Looks like my seasons over before its begun

Its looks like my chilli growing season has ended almost before it has begun. Just when I thought it couldnt get any worse, Ive just been down to chilehouse to find my last tray of 25 varieties of Chinense, Pubescens and wild chiles species (the only survivors of this weekends mouse attack) have been cremated by todays strong sun. When I planted up a load more seeds on Sunday to replace the ones felled by the mice, I mistakenly mixed up the propagator of seedlings with another one and left it in the direct sun light rather than the shade. The result - 70 or so cremated seedlings and only two very sick looking survivors - a Jamacian Red Hot (which is even hotter now!) and a sole Trinidad Scorpion. The biggest blow is my pride and joy - my sole 7 pod seedling. Thats been baked to obilivion and back.

In all my years of chilli growing Ive never experienced such a devastating series of set backs. It looks like I going to be concentrating on developing the chileman site and a series of sauces rather than growing chillis this year. Im so gutted Im just lost for words. Im off to drown my sorrows in a nice bottle of red wine.