Homegrown tomatoes warm the hearts of folks with land or without. Those of us with limited real estate for cultivating often plant in pots and may believe we are limited in the varieties that take to ...

In 2007 my New Years resolution was to help a few seniors get back to gardening. I resolved to help each grow a single tomato plant and, for once, I managed to keep my resolution. Some planted their ...

If any vegetable is worth growing at home, it is the tomato. Most store-bought varieties are selected for traits like durability, productivity, disease-resistance, uniformity, and roundness, but not ...

Colleen Vanderlinden is a writer and gardening expert from Detroit, MI. She is the author of two books, including “Edible Gardening for the Midwest.” These bright orange cherry tomatoes have an ...

Q: We are planning to grow vegetables in 5-gallon or larger containers instead of using part of a lawn for a vegetable garden. We are planning to put earthworms in the containers to help water ...

If you crave the taste of luscious, homegrown tomatoes but don’t have the space or time to manage a garden, then container gardening might be just the thing for you. Tomatoes are the home gardener’s ...

You can enjoy homegrown tomatoes even if you have room for only one container. One great advantage of container growing is that you move the containers to keep them in the sun. A container that is at ...

I love your column, glad you’re back. I am planning to raise tomatoes in containers on my patio deck. Is there a certain distance I need to separate them to prevent cross pollination? Can they be set ...

There’s no better argument for growing your own food than a sun-ripened, juicy tomato. But not everybody has garden space to grow towering tomato plants. There’s a solution: With some planning and ...

What tomatoes are most suitable for growing in containers? What do container-grown tomatoes require for success? With so many varieties of tomatoes available, the selection of a variety that will ...

Photo Credit: Digital Light Source/UIG via Getty Images. Summer is here and many of us are getting excited for fresh fruits and veggies. A great beginner plant for many, especially for container ...

Sow tomato seeds in containers now, to plant outdoors in about eight weeks. Any kind of container will do as long as it has drain holes. Sow the seed about 1/8th-inch deep in moistened seed-starter ...