Tomatoes are America’s favorite garden “vegetable” to grow. Botanically a fruit, the tomato was classified as a vegetable by the U.S. tariff law of 1887 because it’s served with dinner, not as dessert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jillian Kramer If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with ...

Few things are as rewarding as starting your own veggie garden, especially considering it gives you access to fresh produce, which can really elevate your cooking to the next level. Vegetables like ...

If you haven't checked on our tomato plants for a couple of days and are amazed how much they grew, you won't need much convincing that pruning is an important part of tomato-care routine. It is a ...

Whether it’s too late depends on zone—northern gardens stop before frost, southern ones prune later. If frost is near, pinch flowers, remove diseased leaves, or pull and hang plants so tomatoes ripen ...

I almost conceded this year that pruning tomatoes might be a useful thing at times. But then I got real. I’ve long fought the battle against spending time pruning tomatoes. Commercial growers -- who ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...