This is a great match: our meaty, full-flavored Romanette green beans with sweet Dr. Carolyn cherry tomatoes. We think these golden cherry tomatoes are the best ever, with an assertive sweetness and round flavor. I was happy to see our opinion confirmed in the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange catalogue. “The most flavorful yellow cherry tomato […]
Tags:garden·green beans·summer·tomatoes
Today was time to say goodbye to our cucumber plants. They’ve been great producers, making hundreds of pickles. Pulling them out of the ground isn’t easy after watching them daily since they were first planted on May 25. I gather one last bowl of cukes. You can see how the plants as they age begin […]
Maybe I shouldn’t be so shocked, but I’m still surprised when I run across a gardener who insists on being able to control nature. A Master Gardener friend recently contacted me asking if I knew an expert who could talk to her garden group about growing tomatoes . Noting that problems with fungi were “particularly […]
Tags:disease·fungi·garden·integrated pest management·tomatoes
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