For lovers of spicy food, cayenne peppers are the perfect plant to grow at home. They can be picked and eaten raw or dried, or cooked into a hot sauce. Most important? Ensuring they're ripe before ...

The easiest way to grow cayenne peppers is to start them from seed indoors about six to 10 weeks before the last frost date in your area, says Lindsey Chastain, gardener and founder of Waddle and ...

Location matters when it comes to planting delicate vegetables like peppers. To avoid ruin, always make sure to pop seedlings ...

The fruit of pepper plants may be sweet, mild, hot or very hot. The degree of heat is related to the amount of capsaicin present. This chemical is concentrated in the pepper pod where the seeds are ...

Whether sweet, mild or hot, peppers bring flavor to many dishes. For me, the hotter the better. If I am not sweating, the pepper is not fiery enough. Peppers are easy to grow in the garden or a patio ...

Question: I have seen many pepper plants for sale in nurseries and big box stores since March. Is it too late to add a few pepper plants to my garden? Or should I consider growing peppers at all?