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An organic garden and other sources of fresh produce

August 10, 2018 Edible plants, Food garden

Lettuce and tomatoes I always hated tomatoes. The joke in my house was to make BLTs but hold the T—until I tasted tomatoes grown in a backyard organic garden in the heart of Los Angeles. What a difference. Keep the T in those BLTs! Just make sure they’re homegrown, from an organic garden. One night, […]

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Issue Q3 gives you the skinny from Artichokes to Zucchini!

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Edible plants, Food garden, Slider Category

Issue Q3 of The Dirt on Organic Gardening Magazine is out just in time for spring! Fifteen explorations into food, from the sex life of plants to the strange history of corn… From root veggies like potatoes, ginger and sweet potatoes to your favorite savory summer fruit–tomatoes–and a whole lot in between, find out more about […]

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Growing tomatoes: determinate vs indeterminate

April 13, 2017April 25, 2017 Edible plants
Cherry tomatoes are usually vine tomatoes, or indeterminate.

Knowing how to choose determinate or indeterminate plants is an important part of growing tomatoes. You’ll see these words on seed packets, or on the tabs for tomato seedlings in your local nursery. But what do they mean? And why would you choose one over the other? This is a subject that befuddles many new gardeners, especially when […]

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Tomato season! Get those toms growing now!

March 15, 2017April 19, 2017 Food garden, Slider Category
Ripe tomatoes in an organic garden

A friend told me this morning that he had a couple of tomato plants that successfully survived our mild California winter. They were full of flowers, but no fruits. “I’m concerned the flowers are not getting pollinated,” he said. Rattling the cages I reminded him that tomatoes self-pollinate. This means that both male and female organs are […]

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