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 ...

These tips will ensure your pantry is filled with fresh peppercorns. A popular spice used in cooking, peppercorns come from a ...

Bell peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, along with tomatoes and potatoes, and are native to Central and South America. Of all the pepper varieties, bell peppers are among the ...

The stronger branches will make the plants more resistant to windstorms. Gardener breaks down counterintuitive hack to grow best bell peppers first appeared on The Cool Down.

There are two kinds of gardeners. First we have the laissez-faire growers who prize plants that thrive when ignored. These are succulent people, well-adjusted and simple. Then there are the gardeners ...

Peppers are one of the most diverse summer vegetable crops grown in local gardens. If I were to ask 10 people what pepper they like the most in their garden, I would probably get 10 different answers.

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 researchers planted some peppers alone in pots, and others about four inches away from a second plant. Photo by Ciro Cabal, Princeton University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology When ...

Do you have a favorite pepper plant that you don’t want to lose to the cold, or do you just want to harvest peppers a little earlier next year? It might have never occurred to you that peppers are ...