the red pepper would only be used prior budding... did you till and turn the soil under the pots before you put them there? how big were your pots?i agree the deer might still get to them but what to do to keep them out?
so its not a flooded area but water does sit stagnate after heavy rains and you deff sink down anywhere from 3 to 6 inches when you walk through.Grass and ferns grow here like its there job deff alot of clay in the soilwe are up in the northeast here were the snow is not usaly all gone untill...