The yearly ritual of starting tomato seeds has begun. I have 25 varieties germinating in soil-filled peat pots, warmed by heat mats and lit until midnight each evening, in the greenhouse - to be ...

I was up by 5:30 Saturday morning. By 11:30, I was sitting down to an early lunch: a sandwich heavy on the mayonnaise, with a combination of Cherokee purple, snowstorm and German pink tomatoes. These ...

When Diane Ott Whealy’s grandfather was emigrating from Bavaria, he undoubtedly brought with him everything he thought he needed to prosper in the New World — clothes, personal possessions, tools — ...

DECORAH, Iowa _ Seed Savers Exchange held its 10th annual Tomato Tasting at Heritage Farm in Decorah on Sept. 5. Attendees sampled 45 varieties of heirloom and open ...