Perennial crops put food on the table year after year. It is a joy to gather kale from the kitchen garden, to cut the first ...

When is the best time to cut back roses? Is there is difference between pruning cultivated roses and roses native to Missouri? Roses that bloom only once should be pruned after blooming, since they ...

That’s one way to turn up the heat! Below-freezing temperatures and blustery winds aren’t pleasant for anyone, but they were especially brutal for the LA Rams, who are accustomed to warm and sunny ...

It was the remedy most of us had never heard of for playing football in extremely cold weather, as the Los Angeles Rams were doing in Chicago against the Bears on Sunday: Players dumped cayenne pepper ...

I’ve been growing herbs in the garden long enough to know they don’t require much. Just water, sunlight and my best intentions. In the garden, herbs are forgiving plants. They aren’t fussy about soil ...

Every year we dedicate a portion of our crops to new items in a search for that next fun item for market. This year we returned to an old favorite, hot peppers. We had gotten away from growing them as ...

Cayenne, also called capsicum, is a type of chili pepper that is pungent, spicy, and known for its red color. Many people use cayenne pepper as a spice in the meals they make. But how spicy the ...

Providing cannabis crops with natural sunlight is just not possible for growers who live in small indoor spaces or for those who want to keep their weed gardens private. However, light is an essential ...

“If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?” One peck is the correct answer, which is a quarter of a bushel or approximately 12 pounds and that ...

The easiest way to grow cayenne peppers is to start them from seed indoors about six to 10 weeks before the last frost date in your area, says Lindsey Chastain, gardener and founder of Waddle and ...