Growing Guides

The first little tomatoes are easy to miss. One day there are yellow flowers; on the next careful look, a few have a tiny fruit behind...

A tomato seed tray looks like a small commitment. A few weeks later, every healthy seedling needs a proper place to grow, a water supply and...

There is a particular pleasure in picking a firm green shimla mirch just before cooking. You can slice it into an omelette, add it to chicken...

A jar of gol lal mirch begins with decisions made months before the jar reaches the kitchen shelf. You need a suitable sowing window, sound ripe...

The plant has plenty of green chillies, but you wanted lal mirch. Should you pick them, leave them alone or change the feed? Before doing anything,...

A few fresh hari mirch can finish a pot of daal, brighten a chutney or add heat to a quick omelette. Growing them at home starts...