Bell peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, along with tomatoes and potatoes, and are native to Central and South America. Of all the pepper varieties, bell peppers are among the ...

Starting seeds indoors is a smart way to get a head start on spring gardening. But after weeks of ensuring your seedlings have enough water and sunlight to thrive, the last thing you want is for them ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

Seed-starting is one of my favorite gardening activities. It’s a great skill to learn, you can grow varieties that are hard to find in garden centers and it’s quite economical. We gardeners feel ...

DENVER — It drives me nuts to see commercials where people pretending to garden pull plants out of their pots by the stems. This is wrong and can potentially damage the stems at the point where they ...