Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
When it comes to growing heirloom tomato varieties with big flavor, the sky is the limit! Open-pollinated (heirloom) tomatoes are soaring in popularity. It seems like every year, growers and seed companies bring more and more of these old-time tomatoes
When it comes to growing tomatoes in the garden, a few simple secrets can make all the difference to grow a bumper crop! We absolutely love our home-grown tomatoes. In fact, every year, they dominate nearly a quarter of our
Homemade Garlic Pasta Sauce Recipe One of our most favorite times of the year occurs when we walk in the garden and find our first ripe tomato! We know that soon we will be in full harvest, and that means
If you are looking for a simple, natural and inexpensive way to fertilize tomato plants naturally – this is it! And it works incredibly well for pepper plants too! We are always up for trying a new experiment or two
Its tomato season – and that means its time to start tying up tomatoes and peppers in the garden! Whether you use tomato stakes, cages, trellis lines, or a homemade hybrid Stake-A-Cage structure like we use to support plants, it’s
When it comes to creating a healthier garden and a better harvest – thinning, trimming and pruning vegetable plants is a must! An overgrown garden is an open invitation to disease and pests. Not to mention, it makes it difficult
By simply avoiding a few common tomato planting mistakes, you can be well on your way to growing and harvesting your best tomato crop ever this year! Tomatoes are one of the most beloved crops of the home vegetable gardener.
“What is the absolute best way to plant tomatoes?” That question was posed to us last week via email from one of our readers located in upstate New York. It is a question we actually receive quite often – and
It’s time to liven up your vegetable garden this year by growing some amazing heirloom tomato plants! Tired of harvesting the same old basic tomato varieties year after year? Then break the mold and grow a few incredibly unique, productive,
When it comes to growing disease free tomato plants, a little bit of planning can go a long way! There is nothing more depressing than watching healthy, strong tomato plants turn into lifeless brown stems and foliage, with withering fruit.