It sounds early, but December planting gives chili peppers a longer growing season, leading to bigger, better harvests.

If you've planted this piquant vegetable in the spring, you may have found that it needed longer to ripen than anticipated.

From mild and flavorful to eye-watering spice bombs, this article walks you through the full heat spectrum — so you can ...

There are thousands of varieties of peppers to choose from to grow in your garden, from mild to burn-your-face-off hot. Before buying pepper seeds or starts, decide what type of peppers you want and ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I'm growing a variety of peppers (Cayenne, Tabasco, Habanero, etc.). I ...

Peppers are the most dependable and productive plants in my garden. I use peppers fresh, dried, ground, pickled, stuffed, fermented and fried. I have jars of pepper jelly, bottles of pepper vinegar ...

Question: Every year I try and grow peppers, both sweet and hot. And most years, I hardly get any. Is our climate too cool? We often have evenings that drop into the 50s at our house. Do you have any ...

On Des Moines’ south side, peppers grow as freely as turf grass. Italian-Americans here eat them like candy. They can and freeze them. They put them in sauce, on pizza or in eggs, fry them up with ...