Tomato cages are clunky and often aren't large enough to support plants. This clever alternative is easy to create and can be ...

Growing indeterminate tomatoes can be challenging. They put out suckers that grow every which way. Tame them with this easy alteration to an existing trellis.

Is there any better feeling than growing your very own food in your very own backyard? Maybe not. But sometimes we don’t exactly have room for the sprawling vegetable garden of our dreams. Thankfully, ...

When warm weather arrives in early summer, our garden tomatoes will start to grow very fast. Once a plant is a foot or so tall, it will start to branch. As rapid growth continues, the plant flops over ...

Whether a tomato seedling was raised from seed or bought from a nursery, it’s as cute as the Obama family’s new puppy. If the plants stayed as darling until their fruit ripens in June and July, ...

Whether raised from seed or bought from a nursery, if tomato seedlings stayed as darling until their fruit ripens in June and July, everyone would grow them. But tomatoes are vines. The capability of ...

There is no feeling quite like eating a ripe tomato, fresh off the vine. Growing tomatoes isn't hard, but there are definitely some tricks to the trade. Successful tomato growers tend to prune and ...