My neighbor Gary bet me $50 I couldn't grow peppers in clay soil without a raised bed, and he was dead wrong

Wesley Gibson · 2026-09-16T15:10:02.628209+00:00

Gary has lived on this street in Fort Worth for 30 years and swears nothing grows here but weeds unless you build a box. I took his bet, dug in 4 inches of compost and sand, and planted 6 jalapeño starts anyway. Six weeks later I had more peppers than I could eat and Gary owed me 50 bucks. Now he wants me to help him fix his own dirt, so who else has won a dumb bet against a stubborn neighbor?

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