In casseroles, as a vegetable stir-fry, or baked–a bell pepper enhances almost any dish. When bought at the supermarket, it might lack flavor. As is often the case, bell peppers taste much better when ...

Question: I’m interested in growing some unusual peppers this season that I can’t get as transplants at the nursery. I’ll need to start my own seeds. I know peppers can take longer to grow from seed ...

Keep peppers on hand for everything from salads to soups.

Whether sugary sweet or hot as blue blazes, pepper plants bring zest to your garden and your meals. The good news is that it takes little effort to produce basketloads of these colorful treats. The ...

I dried some seeds of sweet mini peppers that I bought at Costco. They came from Mexico. Will they grow in my garden here? A: If you can get the seeds to germinate, the plants will grow just fine here ...

Hot peppers are having a moment. They're at the vanguard of a love for hot food that has swept across the country. A recent survey found 80% of U.S. consumers like hot and spicy foods, and 6 in 10 ...

A few years ago, I planted pepper seeds for the first time to make my own paprika. This small start sent me on a journey from my bathroom window to a small growing tent in my closet and eventually to ...

Pepper cultivars vary in both their immature and mature fruit color, but all peppers undergo a color change when their seeds ripen. The seeds of large-fruited peppers are easily extracted simply by ...

There are never enough hours in the day to get everything done. I’ve been saying this sort of thing my entire adult life. But it took working on the farm to really appreciate how true it can be. So ...

Growing peppers indoors can be challenging but entirely achievable with the right approach. These plants are native to Central and South America, flourishing in warm, sunny, and humid settings. To ...

Hardening off pepper plants is a critical series of steps that helps your young plants slow acclimate to their transition ...

Question: Every year I try and grow peppers, both sweet and hot. And most years, I hardly get any. Is our climate too cool? We often have evenings that drop into the 50s at our house. Do you have any ...