Spicy or sweet, all the colors of the rainbow, baked, fried or bacon-wrapped — it’s pepper season in the Midwest!
Pepper up: Harvest season in full swing for sweet and spicy produce
Green peppers harvested from the garden in mid-June.
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Green peppers harvested from the garden in mid-June.
IFT photo by Zoe MartinSpicy or sweet, all the colors of the rainbow, baked, fried or bacon-wrapped — it’s pepper season in the Midwest!
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From Brendan Mass, Malvern, Iowa
From the Kansas Soybean Commission
From the Iowa Egg Council
12 miniature sweet peppers
From Cord Kleist, Muscatine, Iowa
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