Tomatoes are a traditional summer crop that everyone knows thrives on sun and heat. It may be less-well-known that it is also a crop that can be happily grown indoors. When we claim you can grow ...

Dreaming of a garden but short on outdoor space? Or perhaps you’re tired of battling unpredictable weather and pesky garden ...

Your great-grandparents were on to something — growing budget-friendly groceries is a smart way to save money and enjoy fresh produce right from your home. Recent rapidly rising grocery prices suggest ...

Most tomato plants are grown for a single year, making fall or winter the end of the road. But before you put your tomato ...

A reader and I recently compared notes about tomato varieties we are growing this season and some we’ve grown in the past. It seems we like some of the same varieties, including Early Girl, an early ...

Tomatoes are loved in the U.S., but drought and climate change threaten their supply. Hydroponics and vertical farming could use up to 90% less water while producing quality tomatoes. High costs and ...

With the first couple of months of the new year behind us, gardeners are focused on one thing: the countdown to the outdoor growing season. Vegetable seeds that need to be started indoors very soon ...

Now that it’s mid-October many trees, shrubs, and vines suddenly look yellow, orange, or red. But, of course, this leaf color change wasn’t sudden. It’s just that now it’s gotten to the stage that ...

The fourth of week of March is full of spring flowering bulbs, early blooming azaleas and rhododendrons, and more than a few lawn and garden weeds. This is a good time to plant the seeds of cool ...

On Scott Beylik’s 4-acre farm about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, rows of tomato vines climb wires strung from the beams of his greenhouses. There’s no soil, so the roots are submerged in little ...