Nutrition Information for Peppers

Nutrition Information for Peppers

There are some similarities between the nutritional values between tomatoes and peppers.  A big difference is Vitamin C.  Both sweet and hot peppers have way more vitamin C than tomatoes. I am including some of the available information on USDA and Wikipedia. Also, I did some rounding.  I am including the items normally listed on […]

Harvest and Store Peppers

Harvest and Store Peppers

If you’ve been following what veggies I grow, you should know that I grow multiple varieties of sweet and hot peppers.  So many varieties to choose from! Harvesting Tips:  My criteria for harvesting peppers is to look at the size and color.  1) Once in a while a pepper might get stunted due to weather […]

Pepper Seed Ideas

Seed Ideas for Sweet Peppers

Not only are hot peppers a staple in our garden, sweet peppers are too! Top Ten List: My four favorite sweet peppers are: 1) Jimmy Nardello 2) Shishito 3) Sweet Banana 4) Red Apple The next two are similar to the small yellow, orange peppers you see at the grocery store,  Each plant grows a […]