Here I go again, monitoring the tomato sweepstakes on my front walkway. I have four plants in containers, and their proximity satisfies my obsessive urge to count blossoms and tiny green fruits several times a day. Last year’s winner was grape tomato ‘Mighty Sweet’ and it’s back again, along with early fruiting ‘Fourth of July’ (I’ll be watching that date) and ‘Black Pearl’, a … [Read more...] about Black Pearl: A heirloom hybrid tomato
heirloom tomatoes
Taste-testing veggies at Stokes
Last week, I visited Stokes Seeds’ trial gardens in St. Catharines, Ont., where I ate veggies, learned about a new way to grow tomatoes, and then ate more veggies. I’m convinced that a tomato eaten while standing in the garden right after it has been picked is far more delicious than a tomato eaten in the kitchen just a few feet away. Along with other gardeners who had … [Read more...] about Taste-testing veggies at Stokes
