Pepper Ideas, Tips & Guides

Pesky to deal with, fruit flies are quite the unpleasant feature of warm weather. While fruit flies can be easily introduced into your home, they’re that much more difficult to get rid of. Some good fruit fly-deterring remedies can come in quite handy when dealing with these little buggers.

If you’ve ever feasted on Indian food, you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed the pungent flavor and golden color of turmeric, Curcuma longa, aka Indian saffron, an herbaceous perennial in the Zingiberaceae family of plants that is related to ginger and cardamom.A chemical compound called curcumin found in the fleshy rhizomes of this plant

Be it your apartment's sole bathroom or a spare pocket-sized powder bath, a space without a window can easily feel like a claustrophobic cave. Elizabeth Burch of Elizabeth Burch Interiors has an adept skill for making any space feel bright and breezy, and she's got a few pointers on how to intentionally open up space and reflect light in these common problem spaces. 

Cute and cuddly, mice love to share your house with you. If you love critters, you may have no problem leaving them be. That’s until you see them scampering around in your toilet. Knowing it’s very unlikely that they clean themselves before venturing into your kitchen, it’s time to say goodbye to these rodents.

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” – Gertrude Jekyll

The ghost pepper, bhut jolokia, was the first hot pepper to be measured at over 1 million Scoville heat units.In 2007 it was listed in the Guinness Book of World

Growing up with a little garden, producing plants in pots was my first taste of growing my own food.From the chives in the big garden pots

If you can clear a room just by taking off your shoes, it’s high time you took note of the problem. While this issue frequently rears its ugly head in the summer, some unfortunate souls have to contend with it year-round and summers only worsen the situation, making the state of affairs deplorable to say the least.

Around two-thirds of American households have pets and spend over $50 billion every year on their well-being. How can you NOT want to love and care for a face like that? :-) OK, I might be a little prejudiced because that is my grandpuppy Milo, but scientific studies have actually proven that the human-pet bond is comparable to that of the maternal-child bond. We. Love. Our. Pets. So it stands to reason we would want to care for them the best way possible. Today we are sharing some great ways to do so. Kaitlyn writes………

Chock-full of nutrition, eggs are nothing short of delicious. They’ve been an integral part of different cultures worldwide for ages, providing a remarkable combination of taste, health and beauty benefits. They also serve as a symbol of new life, fertility and rebirth on holidays like Easter.

Summer is the perfect time of year for so many things—dining outdoors, hosting events, and reconnecting with nature. Thanks to longer days and warmer weather, the coming months are also ideal for finding a new activity or rekindling your love for something you haven’t had a chance to do in a while. 

Let’s take a little trip back in time…When I was a kid, I celebrated Thanksgiving with unusual apl

In some cultures, crickets are admired for their romantic love songs. For others, their chirruping is nice for a while, but then it becomes a nightmare. It can be maddening to hear that noise all night long when you’re trying to sleep, especially when it is loud, endless and merciless. And when you go searching for them to put an end to the unyielding agony, they go silent.

Anyone who hates the creepy crawlies will automatically be repelled by stink bugs. But if stink bugs are one of your pet peeves, it’s you vs. them.

Miniature, ‘compact’, or ‘dwarf’ varieties of vegetables are often promoted as being ideal to grow in containers. But are they always the best choice for the container garden? Here are some thoughts and observations.

If you’re on the hunt for a fuss-free, simple to care for but oh-so-pretty houseplant, you might like to try peperomias.These little tropical beauties are semi-succulent

This post is sponsored by NABISCO. As always, all ideas and opinions are entirely my own. I’ve always looked at Memorial Day as the unofficial kick-off to the summer season. And since Memorial Day is now in our collective rear-view, it’s time to start planning some fun summer activities! And you can’t talk about summer activities without mentioning barbecues!