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Why Grow Your Own Tomatoes? Here Are the Best Reasons
If you have ever bitten into a sun-warmed tomato picked five minutes earlier, you already know where this article is headed. And if you have not, well, that is reason number one all by itself. But let me make the full case, because growing tomatoes gives you a lot more than bragging rights at the…
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The Quiet Pleasure of Tomatoes
Tomatoes ask for patience before they give you anything. A seedling in May looks almost foolish, all stem and hope, leaning toward the light as if it has heard a rumor about summer. I love tomatoes. I love growing them and eating them. That sounds simple, and maybe it is, but the older I get,…
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Growing Oregano – The Herb That Rewards a Little Neglect
I’ll be honest with you: oregano is the rare plant in my garden that does better when I more or less leave it alone. I fuss over the tomatoes, I babysit the seedlings, I check the lacinato kale for flea beetles like a worried parent. Oregano just sits there in the sun, asks for almost…
Tomato Envy
tomatoes, the garden around them, and the kitchen they end up in