• Eggplants, Heirlooms, Kitchen Gardens/Potagers, Pests & Diseases, Potatoes - Irish, Solanaceous/Nightshade Family, Tomatoes

How to Identify Fusarium Wilt and Septoria Leaf Spot in Tomatoes

I felt silly displaying a potted ‘Tumbling Tom’ tomato for the Urban Farm Tour since we already had 80 tomato plants in the ground but last week it paid us back with extra early ripe cherries. Now the garden is producing handfuls of medium-sized varieties, leading up to the bumper crop we’ll be able to sell to the public. I’m…

• Catalogs/Nurseries/Sources, Heirlooms, Ornamental Edibles, Plant in Spring, Plant in Summer, Propagation, Ripe in Fall, Ripe in Summer, Seed Saving/Starting, Solanaceous/Nightshade Family, South/Central American Edibles, Things to Do, Tomatoes

How to Save Tomato Seeds (and Oddball Varieties)

I have a request! I’d be so delighted if you’d help me locate any seed strain of the OSU P20 blue tomato. (Scroll to the bottom for photos & more details). Next, the deadline to submit a post about a food or ornamental plant that you’d recommend for How to Find Great Plants is this Friday, January 28th. I’ve noticed…

• Catalogs/Nurseries/Sources, Fruits, General Philosophy, Herbs/Spices, Vegetables, Weather

How to Combat Cabin Fever with Carrots and tell Climate Change from Weather

Aka “How to Write a Blog Post Title that You Can’t Say 10 Times Fast”. Am I ever lonely for some real homegrown produce… the glossy-photo winter catalogs just aren’t helping! Veggies aren’t all that relevant to the rest of this post. However, garden photos help me avert a rampant snow-induced garden fever with symptoms like an emptied bank account…