Picking tomatoes is a gardener’s delight: ripe tomatoes smell amazing and can be so inviting that you won’t be able to resist taking a bite from one straight off the vine. If you live in a warm ...

Harvest salad, paste, slicing, and heirloom tomatoes at the perfect time with these simple tips. The first ripe tomato—no matter how small—is the official sign of summer for many gardeners. Whether it ...

A tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) can be an attractive addition to any home garden. Both container and ground plants produce interesting green foliage of varying shapes, as well as pretty yellow ...

Knowing when to pick tomatoes is simple. All you have to do is wait until the fruits are fully red (or purple, or yellow, or whatever color tomatoes you’re growing). Right? Well, maybe not. Here’s ...

This time every year gardeners rush to the garden centers to pick vegetables for their spring and summer gardens. Perhaps no other vegetable receives more attention from eager gardeners than the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I was wondering what variety of tomatoes I should plant. Which types do the ...

It’s been a good tomato season this year, and reports are that tomatoes are replacing the venerable zucchini overload when it comes to giving produce away. But as we get into the end of September, and ...

The bane of all tomato growers, aside from deer damage, is the total denuding of tomato branches caused by the hornworm. Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable? You might be able to win a local trivia ...

This is that time of year when every person with a home vegetable garden — and there are more in this pandemic-influenced year than ever — are asking one of two questions: 1. Are my tomatoes ever ...

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BOSTON - Tomato lovers can rejoice! The challenging weather that has wreaked havoc this year on Massachusetts, freezing peach blossoms, flooding farmlands and washing away acres of crops, hasn’t ...