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 ...

Start pepper seeds indoors six to eight weeks before your last frost date. Transplant outdoors once nighttime temperatures stay above 55°F. Keep seedlings at 70–75°F and harden them off gradually ...

The tree wrap you put on your tree trunks last fall should come off in the early spring. If you remove it carefully, you can re-use it again this fall. Raised beds can make it easier to get your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Ekaterina Vasileva-Bagler / Getty Images Homegrown vegetables are one of life's greatest pleasures, but it can be ...

Q. I saved the seeds from store-bought peppers (red, yellow and orange) last summer and dried them. Will they germinate, grow and produce peppers this summer? I don't usually have any luck starting ...

In the hottest summer months, sweet and hot peppers need a little extra care. Follow these guidelines to keep your peppers ...

Hardening off pepper plants is a critical series of steps that helps your young plants slow acclimate to their transition from needy babies in the greenhouse to mature, more self-sufficient pepper ...

For many vegetable gardeners, this is perhaps the best season of the year—seed catalog season! Since the first week of January, colorful seed catalogs have begun to appear in my mailbox just as links ...

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Unless you have a large sunroom dedicated to just your plants (isn't that the dream?), chances are you have to be a little selective about which ones you decide to start indoors from seed. Nailing the ...