Once the danger of frost has passed in the spring and temperatures are reliably above 50°F, you can harden your plant off by ...

Eating crispy, colorful peppers from your backyard garden is one of the highlights of summer! But figuring out how to know when to pick bell peppers can be tricky. How long do they take to grow? What ...

For lovers of spicy food, cayenne peppers are the perfect plant to grow at home. They can be picked and eaten raw or dried, or cooked into a hot sauce. Most important? Ensuring they're ripe before ...

Question: My wife planted sweet bell peppers next to very hot habañeros. My neighbor says they will cross pollinate and the bells will be hot. They are still small – should I move them? Answer: Keep ...

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 ...

When it comes to picking chili peppers, farmer James Weaver can do it without gloves but some of his customers need protection from the capsaicin, the chemical that makes the peppers hot and can give ...

If you still have any warm-season annuals in your garden beds, they’re probably on their last legs and not looking so great.

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 ...

Q: I am a first time gardener. I would like to know when my bell peppers and tomatoes are ready to pick. A: There is nothing better than a tomato ripened on the vine, picked fresh from the garden.

Fast-growing microgreens can be planted today and harvested in just three weeks— and there are plenty more edible plant ...

* What it is: You might not even recognize that this is a pepper plant because the fruits are flattened with lobes, more like little red hats than the bell or cone shapes that peppers usually grow ...