Peppers

Garden Fundamentals

How to Preserve Hot Peppers, In the Dark or Otherwise

Learn how to preserve hot peppers by making pepper jelly or dehydrating. Kelly shares her experience preserving hot peppers in this Bonnie Plants blog post.

Garden Fundamentals

Rotating Vegetable Crops for Garden Success

Home vegetable gardens will benefit as much from rotating vegetable crops as big farms do. Learn what crop rotation means and how to make it work in your garden.

Garden Fundamentals

Hot Pepper Heat Scale

Some peppers are hotter than others. Learn about pepper heat levels, including the Scoville scale, and how you can grow hot peppers in your garden.

Garden Fundamentals

Planting Peppers Step-by-Step

Planting peppers in your garden, whether you plant in ground, in raised beds, or in containers, is easy with our step-by-step instructions.

Garden Fundamentals

Should You Stake Pepper Plants?

It's often a good idea to stake pepper plants. Although many peppers are strong plants that do a good job at holding themselves upright, sometimes they need a little help — especially toward the end of the season. If you live in an area in which the growing season is long, peppers tend to grow taller (sometimes three or more feet) than they would otherwise.