Every year I plant at least eight tomato plants in our teeny tiny backyard. Because of factors beyond our control—rain, pests ...

Straccetti di manzo, which translates roughly from the Italian to “little rags of beef,” is a trattoria staple. The cooking ...

Heirloom tomatoes are enjoying a quiet revival among gardeners and homesteaders who crave flavor, variety, and a deeper connection to gardening traditions, ...

Finally, as temperatures continue to warm up, it’s time to plant the three most popular fruits that can be enjoyed well into ...

Alexander Livingston helped commercialize the crop. He’s a part of a long history of Ohio growers perfecting the tomato.

It’s high time to enjoy the fruits of your labor by harvesting and eating delicious homegrown tomatoes. When you eat them, ...

Meet the 94-year-old Air Force veteran growing tomatoes to bring fresh produce and homegrown joy to the community at his retirement home.

and they're a breeding ground for plant diseases. More issues make using metal cages for tomatoes less practical than wooden supports. Some determinate tomato varieties, like 'Beefsteak' tomatoes, ...

Zeni) Tomato plants also went to We Grow We Sow ... There’s also Mortgage Lifter, a large beefsteak tomato developed, as the story goes, in the 1940s by a gardener in West Virginia who crossed ...

You'll want to plant cherry or grape tomatoes here; beefsteak and slicer tomatoes will take too long to develop. Tomatoes can pick up a lot of fungal and bacterial diseases in wet conditions. Keep ...

WITH FRAGRANT FOLIAGE and ripening orbs of juicy fruit, peak tomato season sings of summer. But a successful harvest depends on navigating weeks of characteristically cool spring weather.

Cultivating plants at home might seem daunting but ... sweet - perfect for fresh salads and summer dishes. Beefsteak tomatoes are a substantial, almost seedless variety offers an intense flavour ...