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 ...

The most popular vegetable planted by American gardeners isn't even close. Tomatoes — though technically fruit — far surpass any other vegetable in gardens with 86% of vegetable gardeners planting the ...

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

A study conducted out of The University of Georgia delved into the comparative yields of sweet pepper varieties produced under organic farming conditions. George Boyhan, Cecilia McGregor, Suzanne ...

Peppers are nothing if not diverse. Ohio gardeners can grow sweet peppers, along with varieties that are the hottest of the hot; peppers that are green, red or almost any other color that you can ...

My husband, Jamie, has been growing large gardens for over 30 years and I’ve been putting up the bounty. But somehow the magic of growing and roasting sweet peppers escaped us for most of those ...

Turn up the heat and add a bit of spice to your meals with hot peppers. Add them to your garden, flower borders and containers for added beauty and easy picking. Turn up the heat and add a bit of ...

The National Garden Bureau has declared 2015 to be the Year of the Sweet Pepper! Sweet bell peppers are cultivars of Capsicum annuum. Sweet peppers are called sweet because they lack the gene that ...

QUESTION: Is it true that if you plant hot peppers on the same row as sweet peppers, the sweet pepper plants will cross with the hot peppers and become hot? -- William Carver ANSWER: I get variations ...

Is it true that if you plant hot peppers on the same row as sweet peppers, the sweet pepper plants will cross with the hot peppers and become hot? — William I get variations on this question all the ...

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 ...