If I had to grow only one thing for the rest of my life it would be big, juicy, heirloom tomatoes. There is just nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato, and it’s literally something that you can’t buy.
There are two things that let me know it’s summertime in Dallas: the smell of fresh cut grass and the taste of homegrown tomatoes. And…
Craig LeHoullier, reknowned tomato expert and author of “Epic Tomatoes”, named the Cherokee Purple tomato in 1990 after receiving a surprise gift of seeds from a John D. Green in Tennesee. Green explained that the seeds came from his neighbor who claimed that the seeds were given to his family by Cherokee Indians a hundred years prior.
Though your first tomatoes of the year are barely ripening, it’s already time to start thinking ahead to the second growing season in North Texas.…
The weather is warming, the birds are chirping, and spring is here. You purchased your tomato seedlings, planted them with care, and watered them in.…
