So now we've proved the obvious: Tomatoes grown in the heat taste better. Not that we didn't ripen tomatoes in the fog of San Francisco -- 'Stupice,' 'Sungold' and 'Snow White,' the latter two cherry ...

Are you curious about how the Czech tomato variety Stupice, which has become so popular here, got to our country? A recent letter from Forest Shomer, founder of Abundant Life Seed Foundation, recounts ...

Though tomato season may be coming to an earlier-than-usual end this year (light frost crisped part of our lawn on the morning of Sept. 23), I can't complain. We've enjoyed all the fresh fruits we ...

Growing tomatoes is my favorite gardening project and challenge, so I'm always on the lookout for predictably good short-season varieties. This past season, on the recommendation of Tom DeGomez, I ...

One of the all-time favorite garden crops has to be tomatoes. When gardeners start talking about their gardens, invariably, they will begin comparing how their tomatoes did that summer. Some will ...

Last week we looked at getting onion seeds planted this month. This will give them time to germinate and then grow large enough to transplant in March or April. Onions plants are pretty tough when it ...

If you are starving for home-grown, vine-ripened tomatoes, stand in line - a very long queue extending along the coast of the Bay Area and then some. It's the height of summer, yet most gardeners are ...