Carroll County Master Gardener Marty Hankins picks an oxheart tomato, one of many varieties of heirloom tomatoes she grows in the garden at her home in Hampstead Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The ...

Carroll County’s master gardeners may soon also be known as master bakers, as they cook up bread recipes featuring their prized heirloom tomatoes as the star ingredient. The gardeners are preparing ...

A handsome new book by Amy Goldman jump-started memories of my family saving seeds from our beloved yellow oxheart tomatoes through fall and winter for spring planting. This was our heirloom tomato, ...

When I visited my friend Tricia at her farm in the spring, there was a sea of tomato seedlings in a small greenhouse located adjacent to her home office building. “Heirloom tomatoes,” she explained.

Amy Goldman talks about heirloom tomatoes the way oenophiles talk about fine wine. She discusses the acidity and sugar content of various varietals, and raves about nuances of texture, taste and aroma ...

LEOMINSTER — Tina Melanson couldn’t believe the size of the tomato she pulled from the backyard garden she keeps on Stuart Avenue. The beast of a fruit, a deep-red and lumpy oxheart-variety tomato ...

It’s time to plant tomatoes! Although they may survive cool spring weather, tomato plants do not truly thrive until temperatures are above 70 F during the day and 60 F at night. This year you might ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. As the daylight hours lengthen and the temperatures begin to warm, many gardeners think about springtime plantings. Thoughts turn to the ...