Black pepper is a staple in Indian kitchens, used both as a spice and for its medicinal properties. It is a key ingredient in ...

Aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers are ideal plants for pots and growing from seed is foolproof. All three of these delicious crops are grown in the same way and there are lots of great ...

If you love to eat peppers in salads, stir fries and more, give growing your own a go. Also known as bell peppers or capiscums, peppers can be grown from seed in spring, ready to crop the same summer.

Jennie Pollard and her daughter Ruby did this, saving the seeds from the peppers, chillies and tomatoes they'd been eating, drying them and then germinating and growing little veggie seedlings on a ...

Mr Currie started growing peppers as a hobby and says peppers act as a natural high. Though people tend to believe the spice of a pepper comes from its seeds, capsaicin is contained in the ...