Tomatoes are among the most commonly grown types of produce in home gardens across the United States. In fact, certain varieties are particularly suitable for beginners making their foray into growing ...

Jun. 7—It's about time for home gardeners to transplant their tomato seedlings to garden beds in Maine. That means it's also time to provide some support for those growing plants. Shortly after you ...

It’s been said, “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Build a better tomato cage, and gardeners will beat a path to your yard.’’ That's the hope of Dave Schemmel, of ...

Tomatoes might be one of the most popular fruits to grow, but there are some unexpected downsides to growing tomatoes in your garden. One of the most noticeable is that the plants tend to flop, sprawl ...

Building your own homemade tomato cages is easy. Take a look at these four terrific plans — at least one will work perfectly for you and your garden! You’ll enjoy a bigger tomato harvest if you use ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Our vegetable gardens have gotten a crash course in Northeast Ohio summer weather the past couple of weeks—high winds, even higher temperatures, and relative drought have all ...

The only thing better than a fresh Jersey tomato in the summertime is one you can grow in your own backyard. Right now, Amazon has some juicy deals on square plant cages up to 30% off. So, if you’re ...

Tomato cages can give the plants the greatest chance of survival and the greatest chance at producing a large crop of sweet and delicious tomatoes in your backyard or on your balcony. Here are 10 of ...

Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) may start as tiny, well-behaved seedlings, but it doesn't take long for them to produce a multitude of disorderly vines — not to mention the dozens of pounds of ...

You can find political signs all over the place, and most of the time they’ve been left standing long after an election is over. If you want to get some use out of them, the wire supports can make for ...