If you're not a fan of prolonging the life of your real Christmas trees, and don't want to bother with storing a bulky artificial option, consider upcycling a common garden item. It's easy to turn a ...

You should be harvesting a bounty of tasty, juicy tomatoes from the home garden in August. It’s one of gardening’s top rewards. If not, don’t despair because tomatoes aren’t as easy to grow as they ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Although Ceriporia lacerata fungus causes tree wood to rot, it also has a good side. According to a new study, adding the fungus to agricultural soil allows tomatoes to be grown using much less ...

I got my first tomato spam of the season today in my e-mail inbox: "Produce up to 180 lbs of supersized tomatoes...right in your backyard with amazing 8 ft tall tomato trees." Wow, an eight-foot tall ...

A. The tree tomato is a member of the potato (nightshade) family. The "regular" tomato we plant in March belongs to the same plant family but is in a different genus. The tree tomato, Cyphomandra ...

Tree tomatoes also known as tamarillo are quickly gaining popularity among Kenyans due to its market potential. The tamarillo is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae and is ...

KONA Tomatoes can be difficult to grow in Kona, especially at upper elevations. Our local weather patterns coupled with the many introduced insects and diseases that tomatoes host compound the ...

In my Feb. 7 column on the King Farms in Falls (“How Bucks County faded as an asparagus capital of the United States”), I mentioned the glory of tomatoes of my childhood in Merced, Calif. That bit of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Esther Wanjiku tends to tree tomato fruits in her farm in Berea, Nakuru County. PHOTO ...

During planting, if roots are left in a circle as they come out of the pot, the roots continue to grow in that position. The trunk continues to expand, and the circling roots continue to expand, until ...