Tomatoes are a summer staple in most gardens. Whether you grow your tomatoes from seed or buy starter plants at the store, these plants add something to your cooking that those watery, tasteless grocery store tomatoes generally don’t. I’m talking about flavor, of course. Nothing beats a BLT with a real tomato. If that’s your plan this summer, read on for more tips on how to get the party started. Read More
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Tomato Growing Tips for the Best Sandwich Ingredients Ever
We all want tasty tomatoes, not the flavorless imitations sold in most stores. But I recently saw a garden meme that went something like this: “homegrown tomatoes: spending three months of your life to save $3.” It’s nowhere near accurate. First, plants that produce several tomatoes have probably earned their keep. Second, watering a handful of plants takes less than five minutes on daily basis and that’s only if it hasn’t rained. Finally, the flavorless tomatoes I could get at my grocery store don’t compare to the ones I can grow myself. So read on for our handy tomato growing tips if you too feel that growing tomatoes is not wasting your time. Read More