Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: James Osmond / Getty Images You've probably seen gnarled, colorful tomatoes in the supermarket produce section, perhaps ...

Many tomato varieties take between 60 and 100 days to mature, and there are quite a few stages between planting the seed and harvesting fruit, assuming temperature, pests, or disease don't scuttle the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're growing heirloom tomatoes this summer, then it's a simple September garden job to save tomato seeds so you can grow free ...

Heirloom tomato cultivation is quite literally a labor a love. While modern hybrids are bred for traits like disease resistance, heirloom varieties have minimal such protection. But anyone who’s ...

I always look forward to gardening in the spring because I know I will no longer have to rely on supermarkets for a tasteless, mushy tomato on my sandwich. The tomato plant is one of the most popular ...

Question for Dan Gill: I am very interested in growing heirloom tomatoes, but many of the varieties that I plant don't seem to do too well for me. My Creole and most cherry varieties do quite well. I ...

Growing season is upon us, and there's nothing that says summer like biting into a ripe, succulent home-grown tomato. This year, I've decided to explore what it's like to grow heirloom tomatoes, so I ...

They’re not just pretty to look at. Here’s everything you need to know about these late-summer treasures. You’ve probably seen gnarled, colorful tomatoes in the supermarket produce section, perhaps ...

You've probably seen gnarled, colorful tomatoes in the supermarket produce section, perhaps off-season, labeled "heirloom." They may look enough like the real thing, but you won't get the full story ...