tomatoes
Six Steps To Starting And Saving Heirloom Tomatoes
Add to Favorites By Melisa Mink, Homestead Moma, Mississippi If the first tomato of the year is something you long after, this is for you. Growing and saving your heirloom tomato seed is …
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Heirloom Tomatoes Withstand the Test of Time
Add to Favorites By Anita Stone, North Carolina There has been a resurgence of interest in tomatoes in recent years, not the everyday luscious fruit, but heirloom tomatoes, a new …
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Make Your Own Seed Bank
Add to Favorites Scrolls, skeletons and seeds. That’s what the discovery of Herod’s Palace in Masada, Israel, revealed. Ancient history, preserved for future generations. Scientists carbon-dated the date palm seeds …
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When The iGeneration Gardens
Add to Favorites Photos and Story By Kenny Coogan, Florida Turning off your televisions and mobile devices and spending some uninterrupted time with your family and yard may not only …
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The Long Keeper Tomato
Add to Favorites By Kevin Geer, California Let me start by recalling something my grandmother told me when I asked her about growing tomatoes. Grams told me, “Tomatoes are like young …
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Reach Beyond Red Radishes
Add to Favorites When was the last time you were struck speechless by a radish? Two hundred years ago, radishes had the power to lock long-haired girls within tall towers. …
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A Prescription For Gardening
Add to Favorites By Kay Wolfe While researching the leading health problems of our day— cancer, strokes, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and dementia—they all have one thing in common: They …
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Gardening: A Vital Step To Self-Sufficiency
Add to Favorites By Rhonda Crank, rhonda@thefarmerslamp.com; www.thefarmerslamp.com With the changing economic times we are in, more and more people are planting gardens. Some are planting in old flower beds; …
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Quality Seeds Are Everything
The quality of seeds can make all the difference in how much crop they yield, their resistance to drought and pests, among other traits.
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When Seeds Are Outlawed
Add to Favorites By Abdellah Boudhira, www.facebook.com/abdellahfarmer I am an organic farmer in Agadir, Morocco, nestled just 25 kilometers to the east of the Atlantic Ocean, where the mild climate is conducive to growing year …
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Aquaponics
Add to Favorites By Susan Perreault What do you get when you cross 1,000 worms with 12 fish, 80 high school students and one yard of red lava rock? A …
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The Secret To Small-Lot Homesteading?
Add to Favorites By Jeremiah Robinson, Madison, Wisconsin You could say that I’m an odd duck. A homesteader and agriculturally-minded Mennonite, I grow a good portion of the food needs for my family—at …
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Foods You Should (And Can) Produce Yourself And Why
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow New outbreaks of illnesses and even deaths (an estimated 9,000 annually) due to food poisoning are constantly reported in the news. Most of these outbreaks …
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Choosing Plants For Winter Aquaponics
Add to Favorites By Jeremiah Robinson, Madison, Wisconsin Over the past eight months we’ve been learning how to do aquaponics in greenhouses in cold climates. For the last installment in …
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Boost Profits and Prolong Growing Season with Japanese Vegetables
Add to Favorites Whether you are looking to boost profits at a farmers market or extend your growing season, Japanese vegetables are the way to go. Japanese vegetables should be …
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