September, with its beautiful clear skies and almost sweater weather, signals the beginning of the end to some summer plants. However, tomatoes still have a few good weeks left. Often the green ones ...

Carroll County Master Gardener Marty Hankins picks an oxheart tomato, one of many varieties of heirloom tomatoes she grows in the garden at her home in Hampstead Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Vegetable plants can be either heirloom or hybrid. During the gardening season, we often hear about heirloom vegetables, and many of the tomatoes and peppers we personally buy are heirloom varieties.

Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes to revive heirloom varieties by saving heirloom tomato seeds and safeguard against future food uncertainty. Midsummer is here, and, for most gardeners, this means ...

They don't look like the standard store-bought variety, but fans say once you try heirloom tomatoes, nothing else will do. Grown in various shapes and shades of yellow, deep purple, reds and even ...

Q: I like to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes but the last few years I have had issues with several tomato diseases in my garden beds. I have purchased grafted tomato plants that have done very ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A tomato left to rot in the garden last summer resulted this spring in ...

It’s been nearly a year since our worlds went upside down, when everything we took for granted — our jobs, our favorite hangouts, our friends, even our families — was suddenly snatched away. Finally, ...

WELL CRAIG LAHOULIER ALSO KNOWN AS THE NC TOMATO,AN M IS THE MASTER OF GARDENING HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. HE REAYLL IS IF THE NICKNAME DIDN’T VEGI IT AWAY AND WE DIDN’T GIVE HIM THAT NAME. ISDN’T GIVE ...