You love you some hot sauce? You’re in good company. If you snuck into my fridge or pantry, I’m sure you’d see anywhere from 2 to 15 craft hot sauce containers beckoning your masochistic palate.

Welcome to the saga where my (and your?) identity shifts from black thumb to green thumb. But not without bug bumps & fungal bruises along the way. Join us as we ever so gradually forsake the grocery store produce section for our backyard blissful bounty. …