tomatoes

Garden Goodness

August 15, 2013

This has been an absolutely incredible year for the garden! The cooler temperatures combined with regular rain has made for one of the most productive gardening years I can remember.

Limitless Possibilities

August 9, 2013

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti

Photo by Judith Hausman Try this for dinner. Another heat wave, after a very brief breather, brought to mind a cool dish I haven’t had in years: aspic. The jellied beef or chicken consommé my mom tried out on me as a child was not an experience I wanted to repeat, but a wiggly-style […]

Eye Catchers: Corkscrew Rush and Tomatoes with Fern-like Foliage

July 18, 2013

I’ve posted here before about how I’m a sucker for interesting plant forms. Well, I’ve got two more fascinating plants to tell you about that are special because of their funky growth habits.

Tomato Fertilizer Results

May 30, 2013

You might recall that last year I ran a little experiment in my tomato patch. I grew 12 different tomato plants and separated them into four groups of three plants. Each group received a different organic fertilizer (or none at all) throughout the growing season.

My Tomato’s Leaves are Turning Yellow—Help!

May 21, 2013

Prevent disease-causing funguses that could be killing your tomato crop from spreading across your garden.

New Tomato Combats Pests and Disease

April 12, 2013

A Cornell breeder who developed a tomato resistant to thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus continues her research to make the new variety available to small-scale farmers.