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Sweet orange cherry tomatoes (Photo from Stokes Seeds)

Searching for sweet cherry tomatoes

February 4, 2019

Judith Adam

Judith Adam searches the new seed catalogues, looking for sweet cherry tomatoes to grow next year. Cherry tomatoes have greater concentrations of sugar.

'Candy' garlic that I'm hoping to harvest in my own garden late next summer.

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How to plant garlic

February 4, 2019

Kat Fox

Here is a basic guide on how to plant garlic. In order to harvest your own tasty garlic next year, you need some tasty garlic to plant this year.

Walking through the masses of tomatoes in Stokes Seeds' trial gardens.

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Taste-testing veggies at Stokes

February 4, 2019

Kat Fox

Kat Fox visited Stokes Seeds’ trial gardens in St. Catharines, Ont., to enjoyed taste-testing veggies and learn about a new way to grow tomatoes.

'Brandywine' tomatoes, the variety being grafted onto hardier rootstock. Photo from Stokes Seeds.

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Grafted tomatoes promise hardier plants

February 4, 2019

Kat Fox

Grafted tomato plants will be available to home gardeners, who can then grow tomatoes with the vigour of specific rootstock and the taste of specific fruit.