I’ll confess up front to being haphazard when it comes to pruning my own tomato plants. Some years, I don’t pinch out a single sucker, and others, I’m very diligent about it. In my experience, the years I take the time to pinch out suckers are more productive, not to mention a little neater. When [...]
Read more →It’s easy to see why tomatoes have so many fans: not only are they delicious, but they are also visually stunning, with a wide variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. But did you know that there are actually different types of tomatoes, and that some are better suited to certain types of dishes than others? [...]
Read more →One of the best things you can do to get your tomatoes off to a good start is to plant them correctly. Tomatoes are oddballs in that they like to be planted deeply — with not just their root ball, but also most of their stem buried in the soil. Why Should You Plant Tomatoes [...]
Read more →The title of this sounds like one of those bad “why did the chicken cross the road?” jokes, but it’s a very common problem among tomato growers. It’s frustrating to wait for a tomato, and then, when it’s finally ripe, to discover that its split in the last day or so. Splitting is caused by [...]
Read more →The chill in the air has me looking at my tomato plants, and all of that green fruit hanging from them, and wondering if they’ll have enough time to ripen. Luckily, there is no frost in the forecast, and we’re supposed to get warm weather next week, so I have a bit more time. But, [...]
Read more →You can buy heirloom tomato seeds just about anywhere now, but there are a few catalogs that always have a tremendous variety of heirlooms. Here are some of my favorites: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has a huge, beautiful selection of heirlooms, organized (I love this) by COLOR. I like to grow as many different colors [...]
Read more →I was reading one of my favorite decorating blogs, Nesting Place, and saw that she’s one of the people hosting an event for the month of October called “31 Days of….” You pick a topic and blog about it for 31 days. It seemed like a good way to do a couple of things: 1. [...]
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