Sometime during the spring, backyard food growers will decide what kind of tomatoes to grow: heirlooms or hybrids. Hybrid varieties have had the benefit of genetic tinkering that allows for some cool ...

Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes to revive heirloom varieties by saving heirloom tomato seeds and safeguard against future food uncertainty. Midsummer is here, and, for most gardeners, this means ...

I always look forward to gardening in the spring because I know I will no longer have to rely on supermarkets for a tasteless ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Craig LeHoullier loves tomatoes. Not in the pass-me-the-spaghetti-sauce sense as much as in the gardening sense. He is the tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, the Iowa-based nonprofit ...

Heirloom seeds are curated over many generations for their ability to produce plants of characteristic beauty and culinary superiority. The names of some heirloom plants can be just as colorful as the ...

Entry #403, Heirloom Tomatoes: Irregularly shaped, vividly colored fruits grown from the seeds of non-hybridized tomato plants, thereby standing apart from drab supermarket tomatoes, which are ...

Save up to 50 percent on your favorite tomato variety now through Jan. 21 during the TomatoFest Annual Heirloom Tomato Seed Sale. Most packs of 30 seeds are just $2. From Abe Lincoln Red to Black ...

Carroll County Master Gardner’s 16th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival at Carroll County Farmers Market in Westminster Saturday. A Gold Medal orange-yellow tomato was offered for customers to sample at ...