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Growing Tomatoes Series

Everything you need to know about growing tomatoes and a few of my favorite recipes!

Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

There is nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato! And the best thing? Tomatoes are pretty easy to grow….
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How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

Oh snap! Did you just accidentally break off the main growing stem of your tomato plant? It happens! While tomato…
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Episode #1 Ripening Green Tomatoes and What to Plant in the Fall Garden

Episode #1 Ripening Green Tomatoes and What to Plant in the Fall Garden

Fall is coming fast and if you’re still seeing lots of green tomatoes hanging on the vine, today’s podcast will…
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Simple and Delicious Heirloom Tomato Tart Recipe

Simple and Delicious Heirloom Tomato Tart Recipe

It’s definitely tomato-time! The vines at the 2nd Street Chicken Ranch are heavy with tomatoes — of all sizes and…
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What’s Wrong with My Tomatoes? Five Common Conditions Not to Worry (Too Much) About

What’s Wrong with My Tomatoes? Five Common Conditions Not to Worry (Too Much) About

Summer is finally here in north Idaho, and so far, the tomato crop is looking good. The normally cold and…
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Got Green Tomatoes? This Recipe Takes the Cake

Got Green Tomatoes? This Recipe Takes the Cake

I’m still plucking pinkish-orange tomatoes out from under their plastic cocoon, but I also know the abundance of greenies hanging…
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Time to start gathering seeds! All these fruits have been bagged to ensure true seed. From the bottom and going clockwise, Pinky, Piennolo Giallo, Piennolo Rosso, Orange Datterini, and Annarita. All new varieties this year with excellent success. Beautiful, sweet fruit and vigorous plants. Now to get squeezing and saving! 🍅#thecoeurdalenecoop #tomatoseedsaving#heirloomtomatoes #seedsaving #tomatolover🍅 ... See MoreSee Less

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Time to start gathering seeds! All these fruits ha Time to start gathering seeds! All these fruits have been bagged to ensure true seed. From the bottom and going clockwise, Pinky, Piennolo Giallo, Piennolo Rosso, Orange Datterini, and Annarita. 

All new varieties this year with excellent success. Beautiful, sweet fruit and vigorous plants. 

Now to get squeezing and saving! 

 🍅

#thecoeurdalenecoop 
#tomatoseedsaving
#heirloomtomatoes 
#seedsaving 
#tomatolover🍅
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