Peppers by Mail

05/21/2026

What do you do when you loose your legs and farm? You become a Sexy Viking. Seriously, I think hand crafts i can do from a wheelchair are my last chance at getting back to meaningful employment. If it goes well, I might make hot pepper jewelry.

So consider doing your holiday shopping early and give a gimp a leg up.

The store reopens and the Memorial Day sale tomorrow. I am making a trip to our renfair booth in KY this weekend. I will start shipping on Monday, but please remember I am wheel chair bound. My aid will be here Wednesday to ship things that do not fit in the slot on the mail box.

Then the following weekend, my stuff will be displayed and offered for sale at the Kentucky Renaissance Festival. So if you are going to KY re, you can look at the online store to see what my daughter and crew will have at fair.

So Huzzah for me!

04/06/2026

Where has A.J. been?

Do you have a heart? I loved the PBM farm. It was more than a business. It was home to my critters, family, and self. When it was time to plant, I'd put the goats on the over grown areas. When I tilled, the duck and chicken would follow behind for worms, grubs and other treats. It was like a parade. There was a huge black snake that lived in the high tunnel green house. I'd sit and w**d, he would sliver past and say high.

When things started going south as the wife was taken schizophrenia and my feet fell off one toe at a time, social workers became involved. They asked my kids who made breakfast. Dad. What did dad make? Omelets and muffins. Social workers didn't believe them. In fact, I used fresh eggs from our chicken, vegies from the garden, and cheese from my goats.

The farm, home, and critters are gone with both of my legs. When my ability to earn ended, so did my family. They left me in a wheelchair in an abandoned camp ground. No money, income, food, electricity, or running water in an old camper. But I still had legs. When my wheelchair failed in the snow, I tried to walk to the bathhouse for water. Bones came out of my foot stumps. I crawled back to the camper and waited for septic shock to set in. Even if I had a way to call for help, I had to take care of my dogs. It took a few days to find help.

For about five years, I bounced in and out of hospitals and a homeless center. Eventually, the VA rescued me. One dog survived. The VA found a place for me to live. I am warm and fed. So it is time to get back to work. Please help me.

I want to be functional again. The VA is trying to get me walking and get my left arm working again. In theory, I'll be able to walk to a car and can learn hand controls. But a car takes money. So i have been learning to earn with new skills.

My online store will open for business on May 23. That weekend will be a sale with up to 50% off. Currently it is mostly jewelry, but hand made knives are coming soon.

Please visit https://sexyviking.com/ and visit again on May 23rd for up to half off. Help me get back to work.

Handmade goods from disabled veterans of the U.S. military. Some of us are invalids, but none are 'in-valid'. God bless each and every one.

08/25/2024

Until today, a hot sauce has never brought me to tears. This one has and I havent even ordered it yet. Then I saw his motto and name.

Please give his sauce, his sense of humor and his inspiration a try.

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08/05/2024

For my PBM friends: A lot has happened since I lost the farm and my legs. I'm living in OH, just out of a VA shelter and settling into an apartment. I am not sure I can live independently. My brother is trying to help.

I used to have lots of friends in the pepper community. If I still do, helping my brother help me would be great.

This Van is going to my half brother . AJ is on a fixed incom… Kristoffer Radtke needs your support for Veteran in need of assistance getting a handy-cap van fixed

06/05/2024

No ride to grocery. Going to gum the the toppings off a za.... pizza for you English speakers.

12/04/2023

Got any super hots (ghost on up) you want to donate to a good cause? The guy who is teaching me guitar -thinks- he likes hot food. I wanna see him turn colors and puke. John, you hooked me up once with some home grown. Got more? I need a fix.

03/04/2020

Closing Down Again - I tried to open our seed store and run it from the hospital. I am sorry. I failed miserably. My best guess is that between being under general anesthesia four times in as many months, my brain has turned to much.

Hours after the last amputation, I tried to walk out of the hospital thinking I had to find my wife and family. I left a blood trail down the hallway, then tried to clean it up with towels. They sent me back to rehab at the nursing home. A week later, I left in the middle of the night again walking on the fresh amputation. Today, I am home in the camper stuck on the couch hoping what is left of my feet heal.

All I can do is to apologize for all my screw ups. I thought even though I could not farm, I could at least keep up with seed sales. I was wrong. As soon as I can figure out how to get into the online store, I will refund any order not yet sent out.

If you would like to keep up with my family and I, please visit my personal blog at ajdrew.com. If you are a fan of gonzo I imagine you will like it as they tell me this whole brain mush from anesthesia can last a couple of years.

02/13/2020

The news is not good. After more than two months in physical rehab, they sent me back for more surgery. This time they took the front of the left foot. This time, likely past the point where I need it to walk properly. I have returned to the rehab center for a minimum of another 6 weeks of antibiotics. But even that is not looking good.

Warning: This page has graphic photos of the amputation.

After more than 60 days in physical rehab, I was struck by another infection. This time, they had to remove the front of my left foot. On the bright side, it now matches the right so buying shoes will be easier once it closes. Unfortunately, they do not seem able to knock down the infection …

01/21/2020

Donation

Super Hot Pepper Seeds for Sale

01/21/2020

I have been negligent in posts, replies, and to my surprise shipping. I thought I had the online store turned off due to these hospital visits. On January 2nd orders started up again without my knowledge. I have filled them from my hospital room, hand writing the invoices, including a personal letter explaining.

With your help, we will rebuild the farm, honor our commitments, and get back to the loving arms of mother nature. For now, it is hoping for orders to fill from my hospital room.

http://www.peppersbymail.com/seed-sales-resumed/

01/21/2020

The Online Store is back online. I am not going to lie or prop Peppers by Mail up artificially. We are struggling. After so much time in the hospital, we lost our farm and home. We are only under shelter due to the kindness of many patrons, friends, and loved ones. Due to multiple amputations, I could not grow during the 2019 season, so we lost about everything. [ 598 more words ]

The Online Store is back online. I am not going to lie or prop Peppers by Mail up artificially. We are struggling. After so much time in the hospital, we lost our farm and home. We are only under shelter due to the kindness of many patrons, friends, and loved ones. Due to multiple amputations, I...