In Flagstaff I have been picking ripe tomatoes nearly every day.  The “Kellogs Breakfast” and “Black Carbon” have been the most numerous lately.  The “Stupice” have slowed down.  The “Cherokee Green” has numerous fruit on the plant, but none have ripened yet. Plants...

I have not mentioned in previous blogs that I am also growing four tomato plants at our other home in Clarkdale, AZ (elevation 3545 ft). These plants were put in at the same time as the Flagstaff plants (early May) but are growing in the ground rather than in...

Growing tomatoes can seem very easy for some folks and enjoying your own vine ripened heirloom tomatoes is a real treat. However, there are several issues that can arise seemingly out of nowhere and ruin what a tomato gardener thought was going to be a bountiful crop....

We are well into summer in early August and the tomato plants are growing vigorously and setting lots of fruit. In Flagstaff, Arizona we are now fortunate to be basking in the ideal temperature range for growing tomatoes: 55-85 degrees F. All species of tomatoes...

Here are some details on the tomato varieties that I am growing this year: “Kellogg’s Breakfast” – This variety, originally from West Virginia, produces 1 lb firm pale to deep orange beefsteak-type tomatoes.  The fruit are thin-skinned, meaty, have few seeds,...

Already two major events have happened in July. An early hail storm struck the afternoon of July 2. About an inch and a half of marble-sized hail piled up and shredded most of the plants in our yard. However, due to the quick thinking of my spousal equivalent who ran...