Interview with Brad, Wild Boar Farms “Tomato Guy,” and seed giveaway!
If you are a market farmer or a serious tomato grower, you probably have heard the name of Bradley Gates. And if you don’t recognize that name, you may know…
Read more11 Sanity-Saving Tips for February & a seed giveaway tease!
Well. It’s February, and the winter here in Nebraska–though it has been a beautiful winter, with heaps of snow (which I love)–is, by all accounts, getting long in the tooth.…
Read moreTomato varieties that I’ll grow again, cross my ‘mater-pickin’ heart
EVERY SUMMER, as I stand in my crowded tomato rows picking tomatoes, I think deeply about the varieties that I planted this year. Analytically. Critically. Well . . . maybe…
Read moreDay of Panic Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes in Butter & Herbs
This is truly a Sad State of Affairs*, in my humble opinion: when certain folks I know are so busy growing produce to sell that they don’t have time to…
Read moreHeirloom tomatoes in my garden: this year’s favorites, so far
I love to grow heirloom tomatoes. (Newsflash!) I pore over seed catalogs with great interest, from Thanksgiving-time on (or whenever they come in the mail) and order seeds as early…
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