
How to Store Tomatoes: Keep Them Fresh and Preserve the Harvest
Every summer the same thing happens. You grow more tomatoes than any human could eat, or you cave at the

Every summer the same thing happens. You grow more tomatoes than any human could eat, or you cave at the
Good news first. A ripe red tomato won’t hurt your dog. Dogs can eat them in small amounts, and plenty
More fertilizer does not mean more tomatoes. That’s the first thing to get straight. The most common feeding mistake is
There’s no magic number of days for watering tomatoes, and anyone who hands you one is guessing. How often you
Garden centers sell maybe a dozen tomato varieties in spring. Start your own from seed and you’ve got thousands to
Get planting day right and your tomatoes are halfway to a great harvest before they’ve grown an inch. Get it
A tomato gets moved more than almost any other plant you grow. It starts life in a tiny seed cell
That flimsy cone shaped cage stacked by the dozen at every garden center in spring? It’s the single biggest waste
One tall stake, a handful of soft ties, and a few minutes every week. That’s the whole staking method, and
Companion planting is one of those garden topics where brilliant science and pure superstition sit side by side, often on