Hot peppers add spicy flavor to dishes, taking a recipe from bland to “boy that’s hot!” The amount of capsaicin in a pepper determines the heat level, which is measured by the Scoville scale, a handy ...

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.

Peppers are packed with vitamins, antioxidants, flavor, and, depending on the variety, heat. But they can be difficult to grow in the vegetable garden. One excellent way to help pepper plants along is ...

In the Pacific Northwest, pepper planting success starts with selecting varieties that have been bred for a short season and ...

Growing your own food from a tiny seedling to a ripe fruit or vegetable can be a rewarding experience, but also a stressful one. It may seem that no matter how many seeds you plant, or how much water ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

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CORVALLIS, Ore. – As the gardening season winds down and you pick the season’s last vegetables, let some plants go to seed and harvest them for planting next year. “Saving seed can be really fun and ...