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 ...

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 ...

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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.