About Us
Why Pandemic Polly Peppers you ask?
We lost our jobs in the Spring of 2020 when the pandemic hit here in Colorado. We were told like every one else that the lockdown was just for 2 weeks. Well, we all know how that went. We had been growing peppers for fun the 5 years prior. We were deciding what to do to continue earning a living and staying busy without getting cabin fever. My husband had already been prepping the garden and I had been creating new recipes.
We knew if we wanted to do this, we needed to step it up. My husband greatly increased the garden size, I started the website, created the company (Marcum Farm Co.), got busier in the kitchen and here we are.
Pandemic Polly was a funny name we jokingly came up with and it stuck. Polly want a cracker? Became Polly want a pepper. What can I say, lockdowns make you silly...
The Marcums
2023 Peppers getting planted
Farmer Siggi is back in the Winter Nursery. Starting his seeds. Here is a little video of what the Nursery looks like. This is the first round of planting. There will be 2 more rounds. Planting times are staggered and based on how long it takes some plants to produce a pepper.
We also plan on being back in the commercial kitchen at the GJ Business Incubator later this month to get more product made. Upcoming events are: Palisade International Honey Festival on April 15th and the SW Arbor Fest on April 22nd in Lincoln Park. Will put up an updated events page for 2023 so you can see where to find us.