Pepper plants are grown as annuals since they don’t survive the cold in many areas. They’re actually perennials, but they can’t handle freezing temperatures. Instead of tossing them out with your ...

Key Points Overwintering pepper plants indoors helps them survive winter and provides head start on spring harvest.Move ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

One of the pains of gardening is that with annual vegetables, you have to start over each year. Sure, you move forward with the accumulated knowledge of gardening years past, but you still have to ...

In temperate zone locations like ours where it freezes in winter, pepper plants are grown outdoors as an annual crop. That means we grow them for one season and harvest the fruit as well as the seeds.

One of my first trips with my wife and my daughter was to Sharon, Pennsylvania. We sat on a patio, and we had to do something we had never done before. I told the waitress yes, I would like very much ...

If you have visions of vegetables growing in tidy rows, laden with a harvest of healthy food for your table, having limited garden space can be a heartbreaker. But you don't need to squash your dreams ...

Late summer and early fall are the hottest months of the year in Southern California. The extreme heat (often over 100 degrees) is tough to garden in, but good for both bell and hot peppers. Every ...

Come summer, gardeners will feel the heat, and not just in degrees, but also in Scoville units. Even though it’s February, it’s a good time to either begin pepper seeds or start planning which ...

Badlands Pepper is a Legendary seed that was introduced to Grow a Garden on August 9, 2025, as part of the Kitchen Storm Update. If you're looking to add this crop to your garden, I've put together a ...