[Mojave]

I've never tried growing them in pots, I'd try a couple in the ground and a couple in pots.

Here's the basics for my salsa verde:

6 or 7 medium tomatillos

3 or 4 (more or less depending on your taste) Jalapenos or Serranos (I like to throw in a Habanero or Scotch Bonnet pepper too)

Juice of 1/2 large lime, or 2 of the small key limes if you can find them

1/2 white onion, chopped

3 or 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled

About a tablespoon chopped or shredded cilantro

Salt to taste.

Peel the tomatillo husks off and wash the tomatillos (they'll be sticky). Put a piece of foil with the edges turned up (so you don't lose any juice) on a cookie sheet directly under the broiler. Put the tomatillos, garlic and chili peppers on the foil and let them slightly char under the broiler. Flip them over and char the other side. Remove most of the charred tomatillo skin and the charred garlic skin. Chop tomatillos, garlic and peppers and put in a bowl. Add the juice from the foil, the lime juice, onions, cilantro and salt. Mix and serve!

Don't worry about the charred bits in the salsa, it adds an earthy flavor. As an alternative you could boil the peppers and tomatillos, but it isn't the same.