Backyard Gardener: Growing peppers, chilies in your garden

Chiles and peppers: hot and sweet! Chiles growing in Rocky Ford, CO (lower left, Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org). Habanero chiles ripening (upper left, M.E. Bartolo, Bugwood.org). Serrano chiles for sale at a farmer’s market (upper right, Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org). Multicolored bell peppers at a farmer’s market (lower right, Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org). (Jeff Schalau/Courtesy)