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 ...

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 ...

For success with indoor seed sowings of vegetables and flower seeds, pay attention to the “rules of the game.” Crucial elements include soil mix, temperature, moisture, light and how to handle ...

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 ...

Growing peppers indoors is a bit more complicated than growing peppers in a vegetable garden, but it is doable. Pepper plants are native to Central and South America and thrive in hot, sunny, and ...

This is a 133 days time-lapse of growing a jalapeno pepper/chili plant from a seed to blooming flowers and bearing fruits. We planted a jalapeno seed in a container with potting-mix soil. The seed ...

Growing peppers in your garden is rather easy, says Contra Costa Master Gardener Bonnie Dwyer, but you have to remember that the peppers can be both temperamental and finicky. The dividends, however, ...

A longtime garden writer shares the online seed companies she trusts most, based on years of testing flowers, veggies, and ...

Did you know that the National Garden Bureau names each year after an edible plant? This year's plant is widespread, ...

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 ...

On Des Moines’ south side, peppers grow as freely as turf grass. Italian-Americans here eat them like candy. They can and freeze them. They put them in sauce, on pizza or in eggs, fry them up with ...