A couple of outdoor plants that I kept indoors during the winter—because they would surely die otherwise—are my tomato seedlings and my grapevine. The tomatoes 🍅 I planted these tomatoes in autumn, hoping

Welcome Back. Today I will introduce you to a newly discovered heirloom seed source: But first, about a week ago I wrote a post on Winter Sowing. For those of you unfamiliar with this technique, it involves

Well I finally pulled the rest of my tomatoes! With snow looming on Halloween night I knew it was time to finally pick the green tomatoes. Now to see if I can get them sun ripened inside the greenhouse.

As promised, a short update on the upper garden. On the bottom edge, the heirloom tomatoes are coming along nicely with the hot humid weather that tomatoes love. Refer to my earlier posts for the varieties

It is definitely time to transplant the tomatoes since they have the second set of leaves. A few weeks ago I posted that the heirloom tomatoes had sprouted and were doing well. For information on the varieties

A few weeks ago I posted 2 videos, Planting Peppers and Planting Tomatoes. The heirloom tomatoes sprouted in about 7 days, the peppers, which traditionally are slower to germinate, took a good 2 weeks.

Welcome back to @dansgardening. There continues to be an ever increasing interest in heirloom tomatoes these days. They are appealing in many ways. Some people may be drawn to the many colors, sizes, and

I have been writing my blog for well over 5 years and posting on Blogger (dansgardening.blogspot.com).  As the title implies, I write mostly about gardening and bird watching.  I focus mainly