NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - To garden is to try something new. The learning curve to a successful garden is a steep one (at least for me): some things work, some don't. I have long heard the rumor that ...

Nothing rattles a gardener faster than spotting the first signs of blight on a tomato. The brown spots creep in, leaves start to yellow, and before you know it, the plant looks like it's waving a ...

Growing in containers is a great way to grow vegetables and other plants during the winter months, or when you’ve run out of room in your home garden. We’ll go over the tomato varieties that grow well ...

If you’re a gardening aficionado, you know the delight of picking your own fresh and juicy tomatoes. But what do you do when you have more tomatoes than you can handle? How do you ripen the green ones ...

Just when I thought my volunteer cherry tomato plant would continue to thrive into its second year, it became infested with spider mites and had to be removed. Last September, it had sprouted in the ...

Learn how to perform a home DIY soil test for alkaline or acidic soils and what you need to know about minerals in your water. For the past three years, I’ve had blossom end rot on all my tomatoes.

Vegetable gardeners are starting to see the fruits of their labor as the summer season continues. Anyone who growstomatoes in their garden or even indoors knows this is the fruit’s peak time of year.

Hello, tomato! Rub your green thumb and consider entering the “Biggest Tomato” contest near the end of July at this year’s El Paso County Fair. There will be prizes for first and second place along ...