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Purple Bumble Bee Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Tomatoes

Purple Bumble Bee Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Tomatoes

The purple bumble bee tomato is a specialty variety valued for its sweet flavor and striking purple skin, and it needs about 70 days from transplant to…

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Tomatoes

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Tomatoes

A green tomato is a green tomato, until you know it’s a Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and the streaking is the point, not a warning sign.

Growing Parsnips in British Columbia: Will They Sweeten?

Growing Parsnips in British Columbia: Will They Sweeten?

Parsnips will grow across British Columbia’s milder valleys and coastal lowlands without much trouble, but sweetening them into that nutty, almost…

New Girl Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

New Girl Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

New Girl is a slicing tomato that reaches harvest in just 62 days from transplant, which puts it among the earliest full-size slicers a home garden can…

Mochi Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With a 20–25 gm Cherry

Mochi Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With a 20–25 gm Cherry

Mochi is a cherry tomato that ripens in about 60 days from transplant, produces small 20–25 gram fruit on an indeterminate vine, and holds up well…

Mimosa Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Orange Grapes

Mimosa Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Orange Grapes

A mimosa tomato is an indeterminate grape variety bred for orange, fruity-flavored fruit that’s ready for the table in about 60 days from transplant.

Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato: When to Plant the Wild Cherry You Do Not Slice

Matt's Wild Cherry Tomato: When to Plant the Wild Cherry You Do Not Slice

Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato is a small-fruited heirloom, ripening in just 60 days from transplant, that most gardens in the continental United States can…

Marmango Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Orange Beefsteaks

Marmango Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Orange Beefsteaks

Marmango is an indeterminate beefsteak tomato with orange flesh, bred for the slicing plate rather than the sauce pot.

Margold Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Bicolor Beefsteaks

Margold Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Bicolor Beefsteaks

Margold is an indeterminate beefsteak tomato that ripens in 75 days from transplant, produces 7 to 10 ounce bicolor fruit with soft, meaty flesh built…

Lemon Boy Plus Tomato: When to Plant It, and What Sets It Apart From Other Yellows

Lemon Boy Plus Tomato: When to Plant It, and What Sets It Apart From Other Yellows

Lemon Boy Plus is a specialty indeterminate tomato bred as an upgraded version of the classic Lemon Boy, producing yellow, 7–8 oz fruit with sweet, tangy…

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