As the weather warms and daylight hours lengthen, it is time to turn our attention to the vegetable garden. In my decades as a professional gardener, I've come to know that many common veggies may be ...

Tomatoes are the most popular fruits in the country, maybe in the world. What? You thought tomatoes were vegetables? They’re known that way, but technically they are the fruits of tomato plants.

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 ...

If you are like me, you are scrambling to obtain the right tomato selections to plant in the garden or in containers to ride out this heat and produce fruit before cold weather arrives. If the cold ...

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 ...

Tomatoes are by far the most popular plant in the vegetable garden, but they can also be the most problematic. Eliminate the questions and begin the official summer season with proper tomato care.

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetable garden plants -- though yes, technically, they are fruits! Newer hybrid strains are bred to resist fungal diseases and are often of uniform size and ...

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