Homegrown-Tomatoes

Todd from the Big Blog of Gardening recently commented on an article here about Planting Your First Vegetable Garden and took exception to the idea that growing your own is a lot cheaper than store bought produce. To illustrate his point Todd cited some expensive tomatoes that were raised in his backyard garden: Well, I [...]

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More Tomato Tips

June 2, 2007

I recently shared some of my favorite tips for growing tomatoes, but I like receiving a good tip just as much as anyone and today it’s your turn. Following are some terrific homegrown ideas for growing tomatoes picked from your very own gardens!

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The theme of the latest issue of the Gardening Secrets Newsletter centered on Homegrown Tomatoes so I thought I’d post a brief summary here of some of the tips for growing tomatoes that were covered in the newsletter:

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Cherry Tomatoes

April 9, 2007

If you’re still deciding on your heirloom tomato plant varieties for the upcoming growing season, consider adding a cherry tomato to the mix. I wouldn’t grow cherry sized tomato varieties exclusively, but I also wouldn’t grow a garden without at least one cherry tomato plant to enjoy. Cherry tomatoes are sometimes shunned for not offering [...]

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