Question: We are ready to plant our tomatoes. What soil preparation do you recommend to be successful? Answer: Tomatoes appear quite happy in our sandy soils if you do nothing but add lots of water ...

Young green tomato plants with no tomatoes growing in a garden. - Ekaterina Savyolova/Getty Images For tomato lovers, the joy of plucking a perfectly ripe fruit from the vine, slicing it, adding a ...

Sometimes we learn best from our failures. Sure, you can read about how to do everything the right way, but the mistakes that you'll always remember are the ones you made yourself. After over 20 years ...

I think we finally broke out of the freezing cold weather we were stuck in. Spring is on its way; I can tell by the amount of garden questions floating around. I have had several questions about ...

Since April, readers have been asking why their tomato plants looked so funky. Seriously, people! Tomatoes are heat loving tropical plants. If you haven’t planted tomatoes yet, it’s not too late; they ...

This is the time of year when gardeners are counting down the days until they harvest their first ripe red (or yellow or purple) tomato. For most gardeners, the tomato truly is the guest of honor at ...

Soil less tomato growing innovation. It leads to 30 pc more yield and there's no need to use pesticides. Tired of soil borne diseases that have been ruining their tomato yields, some farmers are ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tomatoes are a top crop in many home gardens. Whether you can them, stew them, or pop a cherry tomato in your mouth straight from the vine, ...

Tomatoes are the most popular home-grown vegetable — they are delicious, healthy and very useful for meals. But they are not a particularly easy-to-grow crop, and tomatoes can be tricky to produce in ...

December should be soil testing month for gardeners. Test and improve the soil now before the early planting dates of cool-season vegetable crops in January and February. Gardeners must have fertile ...