Cool pepper round-up

Want the best of both worlds? Here are the Best Edible Ground Cover Plants that you can grow to add stunning appeal to your landscape with a fresh supply in your kitchen!

These Cool Looking Mushrooms can be a great addition to your garden, thanks to their striking colors and weird shapes. Explore the fascinating world of fungi!

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Explore the fiery world of Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper on Earth. Learn the art of cultivating this intense chili with our expert guide, from sowing seeds to reaping the heat. Discover the secrets to successful growth and harness the power of this ultimate spicy experience.

In-ground compost bins are great for your garden since they help with pest and odor control, look aesthetically pleasing, and save a lot of space. Check out these In Ground Compost Bin Ideas to create natural fertilizer that will benefit your plants.

Growing hot peppers? Actually, a short-living perennial in tropical and subtropical areas (USDA Zones 9-11), this productive vegetable can live for a couple of years. Also, with care in winter, growing hot peppers indoors is easy; some varieties can be grown as perennials in Zones 7 and 8.

We’ve assembled the best year-round plants for pots to keep your porch and patio looking their best no matter the season. Broadleaf and needled evergreens seamlessly carry containers from one season to the next, while flowering shrubs and perennials add pops of color throughout the year–including winter! And blooms are not the only source of color. From vibrant purple foliage to radiant variegation, these pot-sized beauties shine in a range of hues. Pot up a bold specimen or layer several varieties together for gorgeous containers all year long.

Ground cover plants are naturally low-growing plants that form attractive mounds or carpets. They cover the ground quickly, covering bare soil. They are often low-maintenance and often evergreen.

Explore the charm of Beautiful Pink Spiders Around the World, as their vibrant hues and unique adaptations captivate enthusiasts and researchers alike. Join us as we delve into their roles in diverse ecosystems.

Work started on the garden yesterday, and involved digging out where the paving will go, and removing the soil. The paving blocks were delivered and the spoil (very stony soil, I am keeping the best stuff to reuse) has been removed. Two fence panels and the gate have been removed temporarily, for access. The terrain looks very different now.

Today is World Kitchen Garden Day, a day for gardeners everywhere to celebrate their homegrown food. I thought you might like to see my peppers, which are doing very nicely in the planters at the front of the house. They’re covered in flowers and fruit, although it will be a while before any of the peppers ripen fully.

We half-finished the back garden last year, in that we installed and planted half of the raised beds. In truth, we did a lot more than half, as we had all of the paving done and installed the two sheds. But the wet weather over the winter stalled progress, and it has remained unfinished. It has been frustrating, but has become even more so since the sowing season arrived and I faced the fact that the plants I wanted to grow this year had no home to go to. And so it is with great excitement that I can say that weather, time and energy coincided over the weekend, and we have broken new ground!