Each spring Spencer Huey brings thousands of homegrown heirloom tomatoes to a parking lot in Berkeley, California, for a one-day community sale. “I grow 50 varieties of tomatoes and 2,500 plants,” ...

When you buy new seeds at the store, they often come from large companies that treat their crops with pesticides and other hazardous chemicals. Saving seeds from your own produce each year is a more ...

Since tomatoes are plants that need warmth to germinate and a long warm growing season to fruit they need to be started indoors. New Jersey summers are too short for them to successfully set fruit ...

Collaborating with chefs, plant breeders, and organic farmers, Dan Barber, the award-winning chef at Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., co-founded Row 7 Seed ...

When selecting companion plants to grow among tomatoes, consider the common pest problems for your area. Identify plants that ...