Blogs on tomatoes

Growing plants in an old "barrel"

I have an old wine barrel that I have prepared with the best organic amendments that you can imagine.. Tonight, I found a...

Tom Duck's offspring,for Ba,Flori and Pip........

Sorry to see his kids are beakless,but at some stage he must have been genetically engineered.!! Good looking though,but...

my tomatos

well i'm very disappointed about all the thunder storms and rain and hot weather we have had over the past 4 odd weeks as...

which tomatoes to grow.....

I cant believe February is already here. What happened to January...... oh yes i remember snow and ice......so as ever im...

First fall garden plants!

My fall vegetable garden area is finally finished with its' soil preparation and received its' first two plants this afternoon: Two...

Toms on my balcony

Just this evening I was out on my balcony checking my tomatoes. I finally cut out two plants that haven't set any fruit....

tomatoes needing help...

today it was raining ..again...so i retreated to our polytunnel. and took on my husband Julians tomatoes.... they have been...

Fruity Things

Now that Digger is getting into flowery things, I thought I’d better redress the balance with some edibles in my garden. I...

Garden at the end of July

My tomato plant is 6 ft. high I harvested my first 2 tomatos yesterday...the first one a critter ate a hunk of it. (critters...

pot grown vegetables

Someone asked a question a while ago regarding what vegetables you can grow in pots , I have a few so here they are. Courgettes...

tomato flowers

i'm amazed at the different flowers on our tomatoe plants. this huge one is german red strawberry. it says...

polytunnel veg

we planted tomatoes in our polytunnel on the third of april. now two weeks later i am amazed at the difference two weeks...

New greenhouse

Last weekend Paul was busy putting up my new 14ft greenhouse. The framework is all up and he hopes to fit all the glass...

finally out there sewing some seeds

well with all your great advise and tips i started sewin my sweet peas i put 3 in a pot , got carried away must of done 30...

A green (and wet) garden

It's been a while since I wrote about my garden, partly because of being busy (more on that later) and partly because my...

Whats Wrong With My Tomato's Mom?

When my children were little they loved to help in the Garden. They always had their own little patch and learned early...

ORGANIC TOMATOES

I am a producer/director in Los Angeles and completed the library of works called ORGANIC GARDENING MADE EASY by Lee O'Hara. I...

TOMATOES

Just managed to get out the door, & my little tomatoe greenhouses with my tomatoes in had been blown down the garden,...

Tomatoes fruiting!!!!

Well, we started in January sowing the seed, pricking out and potting on, keeping warm indoors filling up every window sill....

Tomatoes - flowering!!!

How chuffed am I, from seed to flower and still going strong. My Tumbling Tom Vine Tomatoes are in flower and the buds on...

Tomtoes have outgrown the house - Day of the Trifids???

Well, I couldn't store the tomatoes any more in the house, I had to repot them last week as they were fast outgoring the...

UPDATE TOMS

JUST AN UPDATE ON MY TOMS, THEY SEEM TO BE DOING OK.JUST HOPE THE REST OF MY VEG DO THE SAME .I HAVE PUT SOME RUNNER BEAN...

On a cheerier note

Well, I am super pleased with this!! I have managed to grow these lovely plants from seed, they are tomatoes and courgettes....

Trying something different this year.

I usually only concentrate on my Double Tuberous Begonias. Last year i grew some foilage Begonias for the first time, and...

Rigging up seed propagation

The deal on the house seems to be going ok (knock on wood), there is still some paperwork left to go in closing, but we have...

Tomatoes - 3

Well, I appear to have succeeded to a decent size seedling, none have shrivelled or dried up and they are popping up all...

Tomatoes - 2!!

Well, I've reached the first stage! 3 little seedlings have popped their heads up only to realize who's actually sown them...

Tomatoes!

Well I've sown my first tomato seeds in a heated propatater this morning, I watered the soil and left it in the propagater...

Looking forward to gardening after a 2yr Hiatus

Dec 7th 2007: -10C and LOTS of snow. We are in a new house with untouched grounds to play with. The snow is currently about...

Tomato Plants

This year I grew a variety of tomato plants called Vanessa. I have been growing these fruits for ever but Vanessa has proved...

maisymulcher introduces herself

hello fellow growers, I am new to computers so you will have to bear with me. But I am an old hand at growing veggies, and...

Beginning to garden

With two exceptions (my courgettes and watercress) everything in my garden has almost taken care of itself. It looks green...

A happy garden

It's been a while since my last blog and to be honest I've not had to do anything in the garden other than enjoy it! Last...

Here we go again

I got so fed up looking at the horrible, sad, sickly looking Tomato Plants so out they came , put out of their misery in...

Sunshine and weeds

What a difference a few days of sun has made to my tomatoes! For weeks there's been a handful of orange-ish fruit dangling...

*Parentless plants*

I am going to adopt a wee vegetable, a heritage tomato, Jersey Sunrise. Partly because I spent a very happy childhood in...

More gardening confessions

After visiting RHS Wisley and Hampton Court I was back in my own garden on Sunday. It was good to actually be gardening but...

It's cold, wet and windy again!

It's cold, wet and windy again! Its been okay working in the Greenhouse though, i've got loads done and its looking nice...