Well, I have finally thrown in the towel. I went against the wishes of my dear wife and rather than growing a plot of zinnias to cut and bring in the house all summer, I devoted the measly ten square ...

With the summer season well and truly in full swing, the garden is full of bountiful harvests that require careful picking, prepping, and storing if we want to enjoy the fruits of our labour. Tomatoes ...

If you’ve babied your tomatoes all summer only to find a bunch of cracked ones when you’re ready to harvest, you may wonder what to do with split tomatoes. Are they safe to eat? Why do they split? Is ...

Your garden may be offering up lettuce, basil, celery, radishes, peppers, cucumbers, Japanese eggplant and summer squash like crookneck and, of course, zucchini. Lots and lots of zucchini. Prolific ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The season for growing tomatoes is just ...

Nothing beats the taste of a vine-ripened tomato, fresh-picked, still warm from its season in the sun. The time to capture summer's tomatoey goodness is right now. Many of us grew up back East, where ...

Pennsylvania’s No. 1 home-garden vegetable crop‚ tomatoes, should be hitting peak form this week and churning out trusses full of juicy, ripe fruits. However, this long-time summer pleasure is being ...