From mild and flavorful to eye-watering spice bombs, this article walks you through the full heat spectrum — so you can ...

From cool bell peppers to spicy jalapeños, peppers are a delight to grow and have a wide range of culinary uses. Peppers require a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures in order to thrive, but that ...

Peppers are a wonderful addition to any vegetable garden, and a key ingredient in a wide range of delicious dishes. Whether it's a delicate salad or a spicy soup, it's a good idea to grow peppers of ...

Come summer, gardeners will feel the heat, and not just in degrees, but also in Scoville units. Even though it’s March, it’s a good time to either begin pepper seeds or start planning which varieties ...

In temperate zone locations like ours where it freezes in winter, pepper plants are grown outdoors as an annual crop. That means we grow them for one season and harvest the fruit as well as the seeds.

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

Time lapse of growing sweet red bell pepper from seed to harvest over 118 days. The seed was extracted from grocery-bought ...

Companion planting is a term with multiple meanings. Companion plants for ornamentals such as hydrangeas are selected for aesthetic purposes. In fruit and vegetable gardens, we select companion plants ...

Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris loves hot peppers and wants to dispel a popular myth about growing them in the Pacific Northwest. “A lot of people say you can't grow hot peppers because we don't give ...

Come summer, gardeners will feel the heat, and not just in degrees, but also in Scoville units. Even though it’s February, it’s a good time to either begin pepper seeds or start planning which ...