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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seed Technology, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2011), pp. 134-146 (13 pages) Fluctuating and extreme changes in temperature during seed germination may disrupt several physiological processes. Developing easy and ...

I dried some seeds of sweet mini peppers that I bought at Costco. They came from Mexico. Will they grow in my garden here? A: If you can get the seeds to germinate, the plants will grow just fine here ...

This is the time of year when sowing seeds for transplants is beginning to kick into high gear. Gardeners are looking through their seeds they saved from past years and are trying to decide which ones ...

Move over butter chicken and mushroom risotto. There's a new use for the Instant Pot, the popular kitchen appliance, famous for hurrying up slow-cooking dishes. An Ottawa scientist who's a keen ...

I returned to Long Island a couple of months ago to help out at home, where my mother is the primary caregiver for my father, who is in the later stages of Parkinson's disease. My brother lives in the ...