Q: How do I get the seeds for hot lemon peppers to germinate? They are my favorite peppers for drying and in salsa, but I have trouble growing them from seeds. When I have gotten lucky and had one or ...

Fellow gardeners, we have experienced our coldest temperatures of the season! Luckily, our local meteorologist provided us with numerous warnings to protect the three Ps: pets, pipes and plants from ...

In casseroles, as a vegetable stir-fry, or baked–a bell pepper enhances almost any dish. When bought at the supermarket, it might lack flavor. As is often the case, bell peppers taste much better when ...

Question: I’m interested in growing some unusual peppers this season that I can’t get as transplants at the nursery. I’ll need to start my own seeds. I know peppers can take longer to grow from seed ...

A few years ago, I planted pepper seeds for the first time to make my own paprika. This small start sent me on a journey from my bathroom window to a small growing tent in my closet and eventually to ...

The post We’ve Mastered Germinating Chile Pepper Seeds. Here’s How is by Madison Moulton and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening ...

Keep peppers on hand for everything from salads to soups.

Each spring, I prefer to start most of my vegetables from seed selected from numerous seed catalogues. I personally enjoy growing several varieties of tomatoes and peppers that are not locally ...

It’s February. The garden beds may still be frozen, but if you want peppers in July and lavender in bloom by summer, now is the time to get started. When you flip over a seed packet and see ...

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

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