Pets and wild animals love a healthy tomato garden. Not only is the moist soil a fun place for dogs to dig, the plants themselves provide a source of nutrition for your neighborhood squirrels, rabbits, and birds. If you leave your tomatoes without adequate … [Read more...]
Diseases of Zucchini Plants
The joke in Maine is that when August comes around it’s best to lock your car doors, otherwise you’re likely to find a pile of zucchini on the back seat when you get back. With such a glut of zucchini, it’s hard to believe that these popular vegetables are subject to a whole host … [Read more...]
How to Grow Tomatoes: The Complete Guide
Want to learn how to grow your own tomatoes? We certainly don't blame you. Everyone enjoys the taste of a home grown tomato. The sweetness, the firmness, the juiciness - who wouldn’t choose a home-grown tomato over a store bought one? Tomatoes are also high in Vitamins A, C and … [Read more...]
How to Grow Shallots in the Home Garden
"They’re onions," he said. "No, they’re garlic," she said. Actually, they are both right and they are both wrong. Shallots, onions, and garlic are all in the same family, but none of them are the same. Shallots taste like onions, but also a little like garlic; their distinct … [Read more...]
Tomato Terminology Made Easy
It’s cold outside, but the sky is blue, the sun is shining through your windows, and seed catalogs are arriving daily in the mail. Spring is just around the corner. This is the year. You’re going to grow your own tomatoes. So you pick up a catalog from the growing pile and … [Read more...]
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