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

Companion planting is a term with multiple meanings. Companion plants for ornamentals such as hydrangeas are selected for aesthetic purposes. In fruit and vegetable gardens, we select companion plants ...

Happy peppers have a simple secret. This little-known tip helps lock out weeds, protect against weather damage, and keeps ...

Pepper plants are grown as annuals since they don’t survive the cold in many areas. They’re actually perennials, but they can’t handle freezing temperatures. Instead of tossing them out with your ...

Overwintering pepper plants indoors helps them survive winter and provides head start on spring harvest. Move plants to pots before frost, prune them, clean for pests, and keep them in a cool, dim ...

Peppers (Capsicum annuum) are easily one of the most popular veggies to grow at home — and while they can do well both indoors and outdoors (USDA Zones: 4-11), growing them indoors is often better.

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.

You should limit your temptation for complete control of water weeds this late in the year. In a few weeks, temperatures will be too low for healthy weed growth and the problem will disappear on its ...

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In the gardening world, peppers are hot this year. At the herb festivals and farmers markets, farmers report that pepper plants are selling nearly as well as tomatoes and herbs. Backyard gardeners who ...