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Growing tomatoes in containers

If you don’t have yard space to dedicate to a raised bed for tomatoes, growing tomatoes in pots is still an option if you have the right...
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How to decode vegetable plant tags

We’ve all done it - picked up a plant at the nursery, bent back the tag to read the details on the back and then let it flip back without...
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Know your tomatoes

If you’re putting in a vegetable garden this spring, odds are you’re planting tomatoes. Do you know how to choose between a heirloom...
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Love Apple Farms seedling tomatoes available beginning today

Good news for you home chefs who like to source your own produce: today’s the day Love Apple Farms in Ben Lomond begins selling their organic...
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Vegetarian awareness month & world vegetarian day: roasted tomato basil pasta

People choose different reasons for eliminating a particular type of food from their table. Some are vegetarians for ethical reasons, some for...
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Flavor and taste of France. Part one Provence

  • Flavor of Provence
  • January 20, 2012
The herbs of Provence that grow wild on the stony hillsides bring aromatic support to the cooking of Provence and it is also reflected in the local...
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Open Tuesdays: Crocker Galleria Farmer's Market

  • crocker galleria farmers market
  • July 26, 2011
I like the small farmer's market at the Crocker Galleria. It's now open on Tuesdays as well as Thursdays, and if you haven't been, you...
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In the pantry: Tomato soup

There is one childhood favorite that still comforts the author when he is sick or feeling blue, or even when it's really cold and blustery...
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Tomatoes - fresh off the vine

Tomatoes – Fresh Off the Vine"A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins."Laurie Colwin, Home CookingOne of...
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Farmers' market fresh: Cream of tomato soup recipe

Tomatoes are everywhere in the farmers' markets! Red, orange, green, purple, yellow, striped, variegated, large, small...what a variety of...
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