Most chillies are compact growing, reaching about 20-60cm tall, depending on the variety, so they are perfect for pots and ...

Each year, it seems as though our local garden centers are offering more varieties of chili peppers to choose from. How do you know what to buy? How can you use them or preserve them? Hot peppers, or ...

In Costa Rica, the chile pepper is very popular with the locals, particularly as an ornamental plant that doubles as a spicy condiment for meals. Chiles are truly native plants of the neotropics that ...

Do you like the spicy flavor of hot peppers? Some peppers add a little flavor kick to food, but others are downright painfully hot. But whatever kind you might grow in your garden, you know that the ...

Growing peppers in Marin County is more than simply producing a beautiful and tasty harvest. It’s a chance to take part in an ancient culinary and gardening tradition, adapted to our unique climate an ...

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.

January brings a whole host of tasks and, actually, there are certain bits and bobs you ought to be sorting in your garden right now. Whilst plenty of people give their outdoor spaces a wide berth ...

There's something truly rewarding about cultivating your own produce, and if you've been itching to unleash your inner horticulturist but lack the garden space for a proper vegetable patch, chillies ...

Experienced gardeners are dismayed at people on social media extolling bell peppers as the only sweet peppers. Those people apparently don’t know about the many tapered and wedge-shaped sweet peppers ...

If you have visions of vegetables growing in tidy rows, laden with a harvest of healthy food for your table, having limited garden space can be a heartbreaker. But you don't need to squash your dreams ...