Maryland is tomato central right now. The ripe orbs are rolling in and I am inundated with a river of them from only 14 plants. Started in early March in my greenhouse, the spring was so warm that I planted them in the ground the third week of April. Our traditional last frost free day is around Mother’s Day in May and I usually wait until then. My transplants started in the greenhouse in early…

Year of the Tomato – Best Recipes To Use Your Tomato Bounty

I declare this 2020, The Year of the Tomato! Forget COVID, frosts, and marauding ground hogs, I have harvested the most tomatoes that I can remember in my many years of gardening.

I grew all kinds of tomatoes this year

This is what my kitchen counters looked liked for weeks

Bad Start to a Tomato Year

With an inauspicious start – an unusually late killing frost around Mother’s day – I was left…

With the stay at home edict, lots of people are making bread. It is a comfort food and much better than what you can buy and a fresh product that you can make easily at home. I have friends making bread who never would have considered it just a few months ago and this recipe is a great starter one. Actually, I have made lots of bread over the years and previously made a no-knead bread years ago…