By Cyndy Crist Because I’m a gardener who loves tools and gadgets and all kinds of garden-themed items, I never have trouble selecting gifts for the gardener. But I can imagine that someone who primarily enjoys looking at the results of another gardeners work, rather than engaging directly in it himself or herself, might be [...]
By Cyndy Crist To prune or not to prune – this is an important question to ask in late fall as we prepare our gardens for winter. And it’s the kind of question I’ve been pondering as a strange fall has left me struggling to decide when to complete the final tasks in my garden. [...]
Many people who are new to growing heirloom tomatoes in the ground start with a tomato plant, a bag of fertilizer and a tomato “cage” purchased at a garden center. Many people also come back the next year to buy tomato plants from me and have sad tales to tell about their experience with the [...]
Tomato Varieties Selected: So many customers at the farmers’ markets have asked me which heirloom tomato plants would grow best in the upside down planters called Topsy Turvy planters. These planters always seemed kind of odd to me, but I realize a lot of urban and apartment dwellers want to grow tomatoes and simply don’t [...]
Healthy garden-ready heirloom tomato seeds can be easily started at home, but success is more likely with some tried and true practices. My first three years of starting heirloom tomatoes and peppers by seed were rather angst-ridden. I was depending on selling hundreds of plants at market and I had never done anything like [...]
Dorothy Stainbrook has a small farm specializing in heirloom tomatoes and blueberries. Fresh fruit is sold at Minneapolis and St. Paul Farmers' markets. Preserves from HeathGlen Farm's fruit are sold online as well as at the farmers' markets in the greater Minnesota area.
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