While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and ...

Green peppers can be harvested earlier, but if left on the plant, they will ripen to vibrant red, yellow, or orange shades. Use a sharp knife or garden scissors to cut the peppers from the plant ...

Bell Pepper is a Mythical seed that was introduced to Grow a Garden on June 21, 2025, as part of the Summer Update. If you're looking to add this crop to ...

Derek Markham is a green living expert who started writing for Treehugger in 2012. Growing chives near peppers can help to deter aphids and other insects. Chives are also said to add to the flavor ...

Shishito pepper: This spicy pepper has a compact form that makes it suitable for growing in containers indoors. Fish pepper : If you want some spice, consider growing fish peppers. This medium-hot ...

Travel & Outdoors How To Grow Hot Peppers At Home Growing your own jalapeños, habaneros, and other varieties is the hottest thing (literally). Here are tips from true "pepper heads." ...

The Scoville Scale has for a long time been the gauge that measures the heat of peppers. At the top of the chart there is a light green Pepper X hot pepper that has 2,693,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

Each plant only yields a few peppers, and because of their size, bell peppers take a while to grow and then to ripen. In that time, the pepper is susceptible to pests and disease.

Gardening 101: How to grow peppers 02:30. NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – When giving advice to future gardeners in North Texas, I first give them the three-growing-seasons overview.

No table set up is complete without the addition of a salt and pepper mill, and wouldn’t it be great if the pepper on your table came from your own garden? And the good news is that it can be because ...