Location matters when it comes to planting delicate vegetables like peppers. To avoid ruin, always make sure to pop seedlings ...

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 ...

Peppers add a tantalizing jolt of flavor to your cooking. While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and economical to grow your ...

A pepper must have been fully ripe for the seeds to be viable. That is it should have been red, bright yellow or orange. If it was green, the seeds were immature and will not viable. (The ...

As the winter blues hit, the hope for bright colors and sunny skies urges gardeners to plan for the upcoming growing season.

There are thousands of varieties of peppers to choose from to grow in your garden, from mild to burn-your-face-off hot. Before buying pepper seeds or starts, decide what type of peppers you want and ...

The first half of the weekend was gorgeous. I hope you got to get outside to at least ponder what you’re going to grow and where you’re going to grow it. This week, we really need to get our seeds ...

I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I just don’t like hot peppers. When my family orders pizza, we get the vegetarian medley sans spicy morsels. When friends present a jar of homemade salsa, ...

I receive emails with gardening tips from a few of my favorite nurseries. The following information on seed starting came from Gertens’ who utilized information from the UMN Extension link: ...

A viral tweet set social media on fire this week and it was all about peppers. Bell peppers and hot peppers, as you likely know, come in many different colors. The post claims they're all actually the ...

If the Holy Grail of gardening is the perfect tomato, the perfect pepper can't be too far away. If want to grow a good pepper here in Alaska, as with the tomato, you need two things. First, you need ...