num_pages: 240
description: You can grow and enjoy chile peppers, whether you live in the tropics or in colder northern climates. This guide tells you everything you need to know, including recommendations for which ones to grow and botanical descriptions of the most popular types. The authors are pepper experts and offer all of their tips and techniques for choosing good seed, starting your plants out right, and planting your garden with companion plants that are good to eat with peppers - such as tomatoes, onions, corn, basil, oregano, and garlic.Easy step-by-step instructions, a list of seed sources, and a glossary of terms will help the gardening novice, and there are full details on harvesting the pods; drying and roasting peppers; and making festive ristras (hanging strands of red peppers). Whether you are an avid gardener or a chile pepper lover wanting to grow your favorites, The Pepper Garden will be your guide to successful pepper gardening.
language: English
title: The Pepper Garden: How to Grow Peppers from the Sweetest Bell to the Hottest Habanero
titlecomplete: The Pepper Garden: How to Grow Peppers from the Sweetest Bell to the Hottest Habanero
genres: Cooking, Reference, Gardening, Food, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 46
publisher: Ten Speed Press