http://www.homegrown-peppers.com Taste What Fresh Really Means! Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:37:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/a-bounty-of-peppers/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/a-bounty-of-peppers/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:55:22 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=285 I’ve got a bounty of peppers now, of bell, sweet and hot.  The peppers are in full production mode!  I took a quick break to walk out to the garden for a harvest. Once I got the peppers inside and on the counter, I thought they looked really pretty, so I took a photo.  And [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/a-bounty-of-peppers/feed/ 2 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 12:32:46 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=269 I decided to try the Redskin pepper, even knowing my track record with bell peppers hasn’t exactly been stellar.  But I have to admit to being impressed with Redskin.  Finally, a bell pepper that actually produces for me in South Florida! Planting Redskin Pepper I had to plant this versatile pepper from seed, as there [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/feed/ 4 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:45:14 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=184 How long do pepper plants live, anyway?  Are they annuals, perennials or somewhere in between?  Can you grow them indoors in the winter?  Let’s take a look at the life of a pepper plant. Pepper Types (Species) There are five main species of peppers: Capsicum annuum:  Includes bell, sweet and many standard chile peppers like [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/feed/ 11 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:41:58 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=37 Growing peppers from seeds isn’t as hard as you might think.  The absolute hardest part is waiting for the seeds to germinate and poke their little heads above ground!  (Well, that’s the hardest part for me, at any rate.)  So let’s take a look at what needs to happen in order to grow pepper plants [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/feed/ 0