Starting seeds indoors before spring gives you a head start on the growing season and increases your chances of a healthy, ...

If you're lucky enough to have a vegetable garden, or have access to a community garden, late fall is a time when you're ...

Grow the cilantro in a room that maintains a 75ºF or lower temperature. Higher temperatures can cause bolting, so make sure ...

Learn how to store food safely in the fridge, freezer, and cupboards to keep it fresh, nutritious, and reduce waste.

Overwinter your pepper plants for an early harvest next season. Depending on your region, you can grow them as houseplants or store dormant plants in a cool garage.

Growing your own vegetables doesn’t require a large garden or yard. Whether you have a small balcony, patio, or even just a windowsill, container gardening allows you to bring fresh produce into your ...

In this video, I explain and demonstrate how I grow chilli peppers all year round. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se Queensland Australia about 45kms north of ...

The heat of summer has arrived with farmers markets and home gardens filling up with delicious vegetables and fruit. Think it’s too late to start your own garden even if you only have a patio or deck ...

Maybe you know your watering, pruning, and fertilizing well enough to get your fruit trees and bushes to produce something edible out of a pot. Maybe the bugs won’t infest, and the deer won’t eat ...

Chillies and peppers need potting on regularly to keep them growing strongly and prevent the plants from flowering too early, before they’ve established a strong framework of stems and leaves. Cold ...