Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Jun. 5—For plants that crawl, climb and vine, a trellis is an indispensable tool for your home garden. Whether you are growing squash, peas or tomatoes, these simple structures help gardeners to save ...

Raised garden beds are ideal for edible plants, as they keep your harvest organized, prevent over-planting, and deter weeds ...

I was out recently pruning my roma tomatoes, which you may recall were the only tomatoes to survive the tree squashing the garden. They are growing on a trellis that was on the end of the garden that ...

Conventional gardening wisdom says you should pinch off the suckers that grow between the main tomato stem and the leaves of indeterminate (vining) tomato plants to encourage bigger fruit and more ...

1. Trellis your row of tomato plants while they are still small. Hammer 8-foot stakes two feet into the ground, one on each end of the row and 10 feet apart within the row. Install hardware cloth ...

Some explosive growth is on the way for garden plants, especially tomatoes and peppers! Like it or not, you will need to give your plants some strong support to bear all that future fruit. Today we ...

Confused by tomato terms like determinate, indeterminate or green shoulders? Here’s what Yakima gardeners need to know before ...