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 ...

Hot peppers are having a moment. They're at the vanguard of a love for hot food that has swept across the country. A recent survey found 80% of U.S. consumers like hot and spicy foods, and 6 in 10 ...

Chile peppers get their intense pungency from a chemical compound called capsaicin. (Lynn Ketchum) If you've become exasperated trying to make peppers thrive in Oregon's short-lived growing season, ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I'm growing a variety of peppers (Cayenne, Tabasco, Habanero, etc.). I ...

The spring vegetable planting season is here and gardening items take center stage at local garden centers. Seeds, transplants, fertilizers and organic amendments are some of the basic necessities.

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, ...

Ezequiel Lopez-Reyes will never forget the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables brought straight from his father’s farm field when he was a child in Mexico. In honor of that memory, he established a ...