We're keeping it simple to let the tomatoes shine. Every year my dad planted two or three tomato plants. That was it. No zucchini, sugar snap peas, or cucumbers to weed or trellis. Just tomato plants.

Sweet corn, which is plentiful at farmers markets and roadside stands in August, is often touted as summer's best vegetable. We love it because it's so familiar — we start eating corn on the cob with ...

Even when the temperatures drop in the Valley, a Hanford farm makes sure families are able to enjoy fresh tomatoes year-round. "Only it's you have tomatoes at the farmers market in the wintertime. In ...

Here are some tricks to maybe have delicious Michigan tomatoes earlier than usual. There are several things we can do to at least have some ripe tomatoes as early as possible. Firstly we need the ...

I don't want to retract every ugly thing I ever said against supermarket tomatoes, but I do want to update and clarify my remarks on that important subject. The last couple of winters, we suddenly ...

As a kid, I always thought tomatoes were a vegetable. I still think of them that way, even though botanists claim that because they have a fleshy material covering their seeds they are a fruit. I ...

As summer winds down, we treasure the great tomatoes and wonderful corn emerging from our gardens and farmers markets. “When I asked what I could bring to my daughter in Florida, she had only one ...

Summer’s here, and the tomatoes are ripe. If I could, I’d fill a swimming pool with tomatoes and dive in. Because tomatoes are approaching the peak of their tomato-ness right now, I decided to ...

Heirloom tomatoes, which are at their peak mid- to late summer, often are the most flavorful, and come in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Orange, yellow and purple tomatoes tend to be a bit ...