I always look forward to gardening in the spring because I know I will no longer have to rely on supermarkets for a tasteless ...

As a teenager I enjoyed helping my parents in the vegetable garden, but I would always dread when the abundance of our harvest moved inside and my mother began the long and arduous task of processing ...

Even when you know a thing or two about tomatoes, the wide world of the much-loved fruit is enormous — there are at least 10,000 varieties out in the world. That might seem hard to believe when you ...

To Bob Zeni, a perfectly round and perfectly red store-bought tomato is something to look at, but not to touch. In fact, Zeni hasn’t purchased a tomato since 1990. He grows his own heirloom tomatoes ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Napa residents Shawn Stark of D&S Produce and Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms will hold heirloom tomato plant sales and a one-hour free classes with tips and questions for planting and growing tomatoes ...

Join the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners in McHenry County for a presentation by Bob Zeni “The Chicago Tomato Man” on Tuesday, June 3. Zeni has had numerous speaking engagements and ...