Vegetables

Ever fed your peppers all season and ended up with a leafy green bush and three tiny pods? That’s a

Why do two gardeners in the same town plant peppers a week apart and get totally different harvests? It comes

One store-bought bell pepper holds dozens of seeds, and most of them end up in the trash. So why do

Ever notice that a tomato picked green can turn red on your counter, but one left on a cold vine

A tomato that looks perfectly red on the vine can already be past its best, while a pale pink one

Ever noticed a tomato plant droop while the soil is still soaking wet? That mix-up fools plenty of backyard growers,

Ever wondered if that perfect tomato on your cutting board could become a whole plant? Yes, you can grow tomatoes

A tomato plant can be loaded with yellow flowers and still give you almost nothing to pick. The flowers look

Why does the same layer of mulch save one backyard tomato bed and quietly wreck the next? It has little

How does a caterpillar as thick as your thumb strip a whole tomato branch overnight while you stare right at

Why do some gardeners end up with thick, sturdy plants loaded with striped, purple, and pink fruit, while others get

Why does one tomato plant stop at 3 feet and give you a bucket of fruit in two weeks, while