Who is Tomato Jim?

Jim Mast, a master gardener for the last 20 years, is now a regular contributor for our blog. He will be sharing with us his methods for growing tomatoes from start to finish. We have already posted two entries on how he prepares and sets up for tomato seedlings. We...

Grow Light System for Tomatoes

We have asked master gardener Jim Mast to share his tomato growing experience from seedlings to final fruit. Here is his second post as he gets his tomato seed sprouting process together. The next project for growing tomatoes is assembling the Grow Light System. It...

Preparing For Tomato Growing

We have asked master gardener Jim Mast to share his tomato growing experience from seedlings to final fruit. Here is his first post as he gets his tomato seed sprouting process together. It’s time to get some green growing, so we’ll start the tomatoes. I...

The Benefits of Using Compost

Whether one has a green thumb or is a complete gardening novice, everyone agrees that compost is a “good thing”. At the same time, very few of us are aware of the specific compost benefits to our garden soil. So the following is a list of compost benefits agreed upon...