August is the month for tomatoes at May Dreams Gardens.What generally starts as a trickle seems to rapidly turn into a deluge of tomatoes of all shapes, sizes, and tastes.I’m a traditionalist when it …
Don’t Eat Your Seed Corn
Right before I went to sleep last night, I was thinking about how the raccoons had ravaged my sweet corn. And then I suddenly realized I had made a tactical error in what appears to be a new battle …
Are Gardeners Naturally Eccentric?
Do you think most gardeners are a bit… eccentric? Are we that different from those who don’t garden? I’ve been browsing through the 1961 edition of How to Grow Vegetables & Fruits by the Organic …
Anatomy of the World’s Ugliest Tomato
It's an historic and proud day at May Dreams Gardens, the day I confirm that indeed, I have grown the Worlds' Ugliest Tomato, the "WUT", pronounced "what", as in "what is that?" Earlier this evening, …
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The First Tomato: Let’s Celebrate!
For just a moment this evening, the gardening world stopped, at least here at May Dreams Gardens, as I found not one, but two big ripe tomatoes in my garden. I declared it a tie between ‘German …
I Have Grown The World’s Ugliest Tomato
Plants grow themselves, compost happens and then inspiration strikes in a garden.I was full of the lazy gardener’s lament this evening, thinking about all the weeding, harvesting, pruning and …
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