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Shishito peppers bring a sweet rather than spicy taste and this Japanese heirloom variety offers a great alternative to fiery hot chili peppers. If you prefer your chilis milder and want to discover a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris McLoughlin / Getty Images Planting the first vegetables, flowers, or shrubs of spring marks a new year of gardening, but ...

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 ...

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.

It's good to get a jumpstart on your gardening, and we have a list of vegetables to start growing that you'll want to dust off your green thumb for.