Our gardens are suffering from heatwaves more regularly as climate change becomes harder to ignore. Even in the cold north, drought and baking sun put huge strains on our once lush lawns and native plants. Without reverting to completely new styles of planting, knowing how to protect your garden from a heat wave means saving…
Something I think about from time to time is what I would do if I could no longer get food at the grocery store due to some unforeseen circumstance. It’s easy to get caught up in the doom and gloom thoughts of the world’s crises. Luckily, I have a seed library that helps ease my…
There’s nothing worse than getting ready to plant your seeds or seedlings only to find that the soil in your beds has become hard and compacted and is less than ideal for planting. Despite your best efforts, no trowel or dibbler is getting through that tough soil. So, how do you fix this? The best…
It’s true that growing tomatoes outdoors poses some challenges, but it’s not the impossible task some gardeners might have you believe. We’ve been gardening all of our lives at TGH, and it’s only in the last couple of years that we got our first greenhouse. Until then, all of our tomato plants were grown outside….
Pruning determinate tomatoes takes less work than pruning vining varieties, but it’s still far from simple. While there is less to do through the growing season, it’s important to prune bush tomatoes at the right time, and in the right way.
I grew up around tomatoes, so most of our harvesting methods come from instincts led by smell andtouch. Even now, when our tomato plants are nearing harvest time I get excited every time I getnear the greenhouse. But, it’s important to step back and listen to your tomatoes to avoidimpatiently harvesting them before they’re ready….