Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

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 ...

Planting the first vegetables, flowers, or shrubs of spring marks a new year of gardening, but growing plants in a greenhouse can mean that season never has to end. Whether heated or unheated, a ...

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.

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 ...

WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW AT GREEN. WE ARE AT SANBORN MILLS FARM HERE IN LOUDON. I’M JOINED BY SEAN O’BRIEN FROM UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, IT IS PEPPER SEASON HERE IN NEW ENGLAND IN THE HOT ...

The National Garden Bureau named 2026 the Year of the Hot Pepper. This guide highlights varieties to try, from super-hot ones to milder peppers.

I guess I’m going to have to swallow my pride today. In a 2018 column, I wrote about how my husband, Bill, has been trying to take over the vegetable garden. He particularly enjoys growing peppers and ...

Climate change—rising temperatures, frequent droughts, the degradation of fertile soil—is affecting the ability of farmers to grow enough fresh food to feed all of us. For that reason, a crop of ...

Gus and Mary Picardo have been eating their own homegrown lettuce since February. By mid-March, they had tomatoes growing on more than four dozen healthy plants. Their fig trees were bearing fruit ...