A homesteader grows 99 per cent of the produce she eats – only goes to the grocery store once a month and spends just $50 on ...
My neighbor recently gave me some green tomatoes from his garden. Then, a couple days later, I was at a friend’s house in Eldorado watching the sunset from her backyard. The colors were breathtaking — ...
Hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador, in the very place that inspired Charles Darwin’s seminal theory of evolution, a wild-growing species appears to have hit rewind. A small tomato found in the ...
It’s almost time to put our grills and camping gear away for the year, and that’s why, in these fleeting warm days, it’s important to relish opportunities to cook outdoors. I always associate trout ...
Do you have lots of green tomatoes on your vines? Are you afraid you won’t get to see them ripen or get to use them before it turns cold? It is likely that we will soon have a killing freeze in our ...
It’s that time of year when our garden is producing insane amounts of ripe tomatoes. A bowl full of tomatoes from the Flemings' garden. (Courtesy of Ed Fleming) This past weekend, I went out to ...
We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Tim Heffernan Tim Heffernan is a home improvement writer who aspires to grow a tomato ...
Cluster of ripe red cherry tomatoes growing on a lush green tomato plant in a garden. - Razbitnov/Shutterstock Tomato gardening can feel like a guessing game. One day you've got ripe, juicy fruit; the ...
Tomatoes are finicky plants that want the temperature to hover around 85 degrees, which doesn’t happen much in Central Oregon. Nights can bring frost even in August, while summer temperatures ...
No, it’s not your imagination. There is something going on with tomatoes this year, and it all has to do with the weather. Tomatoes have been ripening very slowly, staying green and not turning red.
Ryan Pankau teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about gardening tomatoes Join us as we explore the wonderful world of tomato gardening! From cherry and grape tomatoes to beefsteak and heirloom ...