Peppers and chillies add color and flavor, ranging from sweet to fiery hot. Learn about the simple steps to encourage growth and maximize yield in your garden.
Your pepper patch worked hard all summer, and by August, I shift from simply keeping plants growing to helping them finish the season strong. Now it’s time for supervision, revision, and provision! The common thread through all these August pepper care tasks? Having a vision. (Also a guide, but it doesn’t rhyme.) Do-It-Right-Now Damage Control…
Indoor peppers exist for two types of people: those living in the Northern US, and those with a Slavic grandma who considers an unstuffed vegetable a personal affront. So let me help you grow a crunchy harvest that satisfies even the sternest matriarch and her legendary stuffing recipes. If you’re experimenting with indoor gardening, we also put together a guide on…
Do you ever feel like your pepper yield drops a little every time you prune? Yeah… I dealt with the same thing when I first started growing peppers. What I’ve noticed over the years is that pruning can be really helpful, but only when it’s done at the right time and in the right way! In this…
Although peppers aren’t really known for causing trouble in the garden, they can still be a headache to grow if they start displaying signs of common problems. These include rot, poor fruit development, discoloring foliage, and so much more. In today’s article, let’s ease the inconvenience for you and discuss a list of all the…
At one point in time, when I was younger I was absolutely obsessed with growing peppers in my mom’s backyard. It was mainly because her garden was completely dull throughout the year, and peppers were the only thing adding color to that gloomy landscape. So, I kept growing more… and more till there was no…
Are peppers a universally mouthwatering kind of veggie? Not necessarily, no. And yet… think about it. Across continents and cuisines, peppers, in their countless forms, are indispensable in creating truly mouthwatering dishes. So, why not grow your own peppers and try them all? Cultivating your sweet or hot patch leads to significant culinary experiences right…