I’ve been trading and buying my seed-hoarding heart out- and today, I’m presenting a list of “new to me” varieties (and likely new to you, too!) that I’m absolutely over the moon about! This past fall, I was largely focused on trading as many seeds as possible in order to grow my personal collection of
Tag: Tomatoes
Spacing tomatoes properly is vital for their success; but, did you know that how you grow, prune, train, and trellis them are going to impact their spacing requirements? For many homesteaders, the goal is to fit as many plants as are needed into as small of a space as possible, while maximizing yields and minimizing
Yup. There is actually a utensil out there that is designed for serving tomatoes! With all of us being in the height of the relentless tomato season, from canning to saving tomato seeds, I thought this would be a fun little utensil to feature. As unnecessary as it is, it is functional; but the price?
Are you new to the magical, incredible, laborious-yet-rewarding realm of homesteading? Whether you’re simply dreaming or just getting started, or maybe even an experienced homesteader who wants to explore other important crops, food production and preservation is truly the heart of self sufficiency. Part of homesteading is becoming at least semi-self sufficient, which means that
Tomatoes are one of our most important crops that we grow! I’m sure you can agree, as they are used for so many different foods including: Tomato Pasta Sauce (paste tomatoes) Marinara and Pizza Sauce (paste tomatoes) Salsa (slicing tomatoes) Ketchup (slicing or cherry/grape tomatoes) Salads (cherry tomatoes) Sandwiches & Burgers (slicing tomatoes) …. We’ll