Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2006 This is a tomato that hails from Russia, which means this is a good cold weather tomato. The coloring of this tomato (like many blacks) varies from area to area, depending on the conditions… Read more ›
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2006 Do not adjust the color on your computer screen. Don’t go rubbing your eyes. It is not a sport, nor a mutation (at least anymore). That really is a white tomato pictured to the… Read more ›
My tomatoes are (finally) ripening and I have been feasting on many, many tomatoes in the past week or so. Since there are hundreds of varieties of tomatoes, both heirloom and hybrid, to grow in the garden, one frequently has… Read more ›
It is one of those subjects that just doesn’t talked about much. Oh sure, you hear about it afterwards, when the deed is done, but before hand… We whisper about it with our significant others or close family members. Plan… Read more ›
Gas at my local gas station was listed at $2.72 per gallon today. I make note of this because we are driving down to Cincy to visit my parents today. That is a pretty painful number to be looking at… Read more ›
You know, so many words get spent on the glamour rock star insects of the gardening world (bees, butterflies, ants and spiders) that I sometimes wonder what the other insects in my garden do all day. Are they the shiftless… Read more ›
The Angel of Death is a character that exists, in concept, in almost all religions. I tend to consider my garden my religion, with a first hand relationship with god and nature. So then it is no wonder that in… Read more ›
The other day, I was looking for a few Blogger hacks for my blog and I came across a totally unrelated but just as interesting post about Comments on blogs. Actually, the lack of comments on blogs. 10 Reasons Readers… Read more ›
In the soap opera that is my vegetable garden, the writers have decided that yet another character needs to develop a fatal disease and die. Several tomato plants have begun to show signs of Verticillium Wilt. And the worst part… Read more ›
One of the best things about the garden is the way it smells, and I don’t mean just the obvious floral ones. There is the smell of the dirt right after the rain or the way ripe tomatoes smell right… Read more ›
