> We finally got around to planting this Topsy Turvy tomato planter that our friends gave us last season. It took a fortuitous combination of events to make it happen, though. First, I made a batch of homemade potting soil to use in the planter. Second, our local Orchard Supply Warehouse had a sale on [...]
I have been toying around with various container ideas in order to get the most out of my heavily shaded property. We are surrounded by mature trees, so sunlight can be hard to come buy. One way around this is to use containers, large and small, that allow me to move things into the sunniest [...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download {EAV:f454b6e09db07d70} Tomatomania, the annual tomato seedling extravaganza has just announced it’s dates for 2012. It looks like they have added a few new locations, too. Each Tomatomania has hundreds of different varieties of tomatoes ready to take home to your own garden and kick start your Summer growing. [...]
Our little volunteer tomato plant is kicking up production this week. I don’t know if it the mild weather or a bit more sun, but I count around 20 new flowers on the plant and I am already seeing new fruit being set. Hard to believe we can have this much production in February, even [...]
Tomatoes are about to arrive here in our garden. This volunteer tomato which sprouted from some compost I used for potting has been putting out flowers and today I noticed a small, cherry tomato already forming. Our volunteer tomato A closeup from the same shot It is always such fun to see things go from [...]
I found this lovely tableau of heirloom tomatoes at the Fashion Square Farmer’s Market on Tuesday night. This is quite a striking indicator of what the tomato world must once had been before the over-large, over-red, easily transportable varieties hit found their way to market.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Douglas E. Welch from A Gardener’s Notebook visits Tomatomania 2011 in Encino, California. He interviews Scott Daigre, organizer of Tomoatomania at a dozen locations across the country and chats with a few of the tomato buyers, many who come back year after year. Tomatomania hosts over 250 varieties [...]
It is almost time for Tomatomania again. This yearly event with both California and New England locations kicks off the growing season with tomato seedlings in hundreds of varieties, from heirloom to modern hybrids. We are lucky in that one of the major locations is within a mile of our house and garden, so it [...]
Tomatomania is coming again to Encino, California and other locations both east and west. Check out the web site for complete information. From the Tomatomania web site… One of Los Angeles’ oldest garden traditions meets one of its newest sensations as Tapia Brothers Farm Stand hosts the largest of the TOMATOMANIA! seedling sales. To get [...]
