Tag Archives: chili pepper gardening
National Pickled Peppers Week
With gardening season coming to a close for most here in the U.S., it is now appropriately “National Pickled Peppers Week”. Yes, it is time to start thinking about pickling those chili peppers so you can keep them all winter long. Pickling is a smart way to preserve your chili peppers as they can be cooked into a variety of meals, or simply spooned over the top of a dish as a finisher or flavor addition. Continue reading
Growing Chili Peppers
It’s that time of year! We hope your chili pepper garden has been planted outside and are taking proper root. Pretty much no matter where you live in the US, you should have already started your chili peppers from seeds unless you’ll be buying seedlings for your garden. We are in the Chicago area (zone 5) and have our chili pepper plants transplanted. We’re growing about a dozen types again this year. Continue reading
A Chili Pepper Gardening Question
Chili peppers are very slow to germinate so it’s always good to wait. Continue reading
Chili Pepper Gardening – May
May is upon us and as the aphorism goes, “April showers bring May flowers”, which means it’s time to be thinking about the garden. Pretty much no matter where you live in the US, you should have already started your chili peppers from seeds unless you’ll be buying seedlings for your garden. We are in the Chicago area (zone 5) and still have several weeks prior to transplanting but we have plenty going on inside with about a dozen different types of chili peppers going.
