Growing

By late August the calendar makes the call for you. The trusses near the top are still small and green, the light is dropping by a few minutes each evening,...

When a tomato plant tells you something is wrong, it almost always names the cause itself. Curled leaves, a black sunken base, a split skin, hard green shoulders: each marking...

You can grow tomatoes against the south glass, cucumbers up a string and peppers in a pot beside the door, and watch all three flower like mad in July, and...

Greenhouse tomatoes catch blight far less often than outdoor ones, until a warm wet August lets it in. How to identify blight in 60 seconds, what to do the moment you find it, and the varieties that keep it out.