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Best Tomato Seeds of 2026
10 Fantastic Single-Variety Tomato Seed Picks (From Cherry Gems to Beefsteak Beauties)
If you’re like me — someone who gets a little spark in your eye when you think about homegrown …
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Cherry, Quinoa, & Arugula Salad with Vinaigrette
Whipping up your own salad isn’t just fun — it’s also one way you can exercise those creative juices!
Contrary to popular belief, salads aren’t all greens. There’s a ton of …
Cheers to My Personal Tomato Favorites
Every tomato gardener eventually reaches a point where the question changes.
It’s no longer, “Can I grow tomatoes?”
It becomes, “Which tomatoes do I always want in my garden?”
This chapter is my …
Tomatoes for Salads, Sandwiches, and Snacking
Some tomatoes are destined for jars and freezers.
Others never make it past the garden gate.
These are the tomatoes that get eaten standing up, juice running down your wrist, before you’ve …
Choosing the Right Tomato for the Right Job
I’m a firm believer that tomatoes should be chosen with the same care you give to what’s for dinner.
One of the most common tomato-growing mistakes doesn’t happen in the garden.
It …
The Best Flowers for a Vegetable Garden to Attract Pollinators and Deter Pests
When Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in the mid-1800s, she may or may not have been thinking about flowers for a vegetable garden. There’s really no way to say. She …
5 Tips for Protecting Fruit Trees from Deer and Other Wildlife
I’ve always loved the idea of walking into my backyard and picking an apple or some cherries right off the tree. It seems so idyllic, like a ray of sunshine …
Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is one of those cakes that looks impossibly fancy but is actually quite forgiving to make. This dramatic German layer cake, with its dark chocolate sponge, billowy whipped …
Birds in the Garden
While I spend a lot of time wallowing over winged Japanese beetles that devour my dahlias each Summer, they're not the only aggressive flying pest that woes me. That's right, …
Garden-to-Glass Cocktails
There was no small push by our team to delve into the wild world of "garden-to-glass" cocktails. Can you blame them?
After all, fennel-infused cocktails are all the rage now, so …
