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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYAYYY the current issue of Heirloom Gardener has two pieces by our very own NRaleighLiberal,
Craig LeHoullier. tomato adviser for the Seed Saver Exchange.
The article is on dwarf tomatoes, the other is a brief piece about a rare heirloom tomato.
Congratulations, Craig.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,113 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Just a lucky gardener with great family and friends!
niyad
(113,506 posts)I was looking for the pics from the pieces, but cannot find them. would you post them, please?
MineralMan
(146,324 posts)There are heirloom beans, too, however:
https://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/beans/
niyad
(113,506 posts)MineralMan
(146,324 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)Heirloom tomatoes are delicious.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Silver Gaia
(4,545 posts)Botany
(70,551 posts)My tomatoes in Ohio aren't looking good right now.
What should do?
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)patience my friend - time to enjoy other things!
(we don't eat tomatoes between our last home grown and next season's first, unless they are ones we canned or made into sauce!)
bikeboy
(126 posts)I've grown many tomatoes and beans from seed saver exchange over the years and they are a great organization. This year we grew several of their tomatoes, lima beans, snap peas, garlic and our favorite, Pop Corn! Bears Paw, great yield and beautiful plants.
It is so very cool to see a DU poster writing for my favorite seed company. I live in the East Bay, SF area and my garden grows year round which is one of the main reasons I can't leave the Bay Area. A big thank you to NRaleighLiberal for letting us know of your writing! My catalog just came in the mail and I'm making my layout plan now for the summer. I guess I'll be growing a DU tom this year with a smile!
niyad
(113,506 posts)season here is about two minutes long.
I have very fertile soil in the flat lands and for a city, we have a big back yard (we don't have grass) that lets us city farm. My youngest son is a high end Chef and I think it is due to him eating out of the yard, in season, his whole life growing up.
We as humans are losing our knowledge of growing and preserving our own food. I have a collection of old cook books because they have very useful preserving information along with, Jello salads!
niyad
(113,506 posts)longer canning or preserving, just for myself (we are blessed with a wonderful farmers' market). I am so glad to see so many of our young people eager to learn, though. gives me hope!!