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Ripening Green Tomatoes

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Christy
Ripening green tomatoes

When a client mentioned that she still has a ton of green tomatoes on her plants, but needs to pull them to make room for fall crops, it occurred to me that not everyone knows the old newspaper trick for … Continue reading →

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Tomato Worms, Flies, and Flower Drop – Oh, My!

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Christy

Several questions came in all at once from David this week. He asks, “How do I get rid of flies that like to hang around in my back yard and bask in the sunlight? Also, why would my tomato plants … Continue reading →

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Ask Gardenerd: How to Get More Volunteer Tomatoes

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Christy

I do believe my favorite question to date just came in to Ask Gardenerd from Jeff Bremer: “Hi Christy, How do I encourage volunteers? Over the years in my tomato garden, a few volunteers would appear each season. Last year, … Continue reading →

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Ask Gardenerd: Pruning Tomatoes

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Christy

Summer is the perfect time for this question from Jeff Bremer: “Hi Christy, What’s your opinion on pinching-off the “branches” that sprout out of tomato plants? Some of my friends don’t pinch at all, but my neighbor pinches his plants … Continue reading →

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Pruning Tomatoes

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Christy

Today we have a guest post from James White, a self-described kombucha tea-sipping blogger who focuses on green building and sustainable living via his family blog Homey Improvements. He’s offering advice on how to prune tomatoes for those who are pruning-averse. … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Homemade Tomato Sauce

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Christy

Italians believe that San Marzano tomatoes are the only tomatoes for making sauce. I’m Italian, and I’ve made sauce with just about any tomato I can get my hands on, but this year we grew San Marzano tomatoes for the … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Christy

It’s harvest time for tomatoes, whether they be determinate or indeterminate. These orbs of delight are the quintessential summer fruit and we’re picking them daily. We planted early this year (quite possibly a mistake since we now have blight…but then … Continue reading →

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YouTube: How to Plant Tomatoes

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Christy

It’s tomato season, and we’ve got ours in the ground already. It may be early for some, but we’re experiencing 80 degree days this week, so we took a chance and were so bold as to plant tomatoes (18 of … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Summer Salsa

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Christy

Last month’s Westside Produce Exchange was amazing. The haul was beyond belief. Each person left with a bag filled with summer produce that rivaled any farmers’ market. I brought poblano peppers and in exchange I received tomatoes, peppers, peaches, zucchini, … Continue reading →

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Planting Tomatoes

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Christy

Tomato plant sales are gearing up all across the country. Whether you visit a TomatoMania event, or a local nursery, it’s clear that tomato fever is running rampant.

In most warm climates, it’s time to put them in the ground (while coastal and cool climate folks try to restrain themselves a little longer). Here are some helpful hints for planting tomatoes
whenever you get around to doing it:

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