There’s something about fresh tomatoes from the garden that makes them taste beyond incredible. And now that it’s officially spring and we’re in full planning and gardening mode, a refresh on how to ...

There’s no doubt about it, vine-ripened tomatoes are one of the best reasons to garden. Whether added to a salad or garnished with basil, nothing beats the taste of a succulent tomato ripened to ...

Tomatoes are the vegetable grown most often in backyard gardens across the United States. While gardeners are typically cautious about what not to grow next to tomatoes, there are also beneficial ...

When it comes to garden staples, you can't get much better than tomatoes. These juicy, bright red and yellow fruits are beloved by gardeners of all skill levels. Tomatoes are popular not just because ...

Sometimes plants do a little too well for their own good and that’s especially true with tomatoes. You do everything right early in the summer to get them to bloom and fruit, only to watch them topple ...

Tomatoes are the easiest fruit to grow and have the biggest return on your investment. The plants are easy to grow from seed and can produce hundreds of flowers. They readily self-seed, so many ...

Every gardener has likely had a fail of some sort when growing tomatoes. These abundant growing vegetables (or fruit?) produce at such rapid speeds that planting them too close together is asking for ...

Alainia Hagerty plants tomatoes, and Mr. D. plants sweet corn. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South tomatoes and corn are featured. Tomato expert Alainia Hagerty of Tomato Baby ...

A lot has happened in the worlds of food and gardening since 1977, when Hendrickson published The Great American Tomato Book, now updated, revised and renamed in paperback. The new edition attempts to ...

Sarah in Burke writes: “Last June, I planted a Kousa dogwood in a spot that gets a lot of afternoon sun. I thought Kousas could handle sun better than other dogwoods, but it has had wilted leaves ...

As April showers give way to sunnier May days, we Oregon gardeners eagerly awaiting the right conditions for spring planting can’t help but ask: Are we there yet? The answer is never so simple as ...