Growing certain plants with your peppers has benefits, from pest and disease control to soil improvement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person planting peppers in a garden - Geshas/Shutterstock Peppers (Capsicum annuum) make a popular addition to home gardens due to ...

Planting peppers in these areas may reduce yields and stunt growth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red and green bell peppers growing in a garden. - Helen Camacaro/Getty Images Growing Capsicum annuum, like bell, green, or sweet ...

Ideally, peppers should be grown in well-drained soils that contain a high level of organic matter, but they can also thrive in moderately fertile soil. Soils low in organic matter can be amended by ...

It's definitely not too late to get your summer garden going in June. These veggies are perfect for planting at the beginning ...

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.

In the Pacific Northwest, pepper planting success starts with selecting varieties that have been bred for a short season and ...

Question: I have seen many pepper plants for sale in nurseries and big box stores since March. Is it too late to add a few pepper plants to my garden? Or should I consider growing peppers at all?

A lush, colorful array of pepper plants in a backyard garden - Iuliia Chernysheva/Getty Images Peppers are one of the simplest summer veggies to grow at home. Since these warm-season vegetables are ...

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

Whether you have a patio container garden or a backyard garden, the fall harvest season is coming sooner than you might think. From cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes to fragrant herbs and flowers - now ...