Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! September has arrived along with college football season, back to school and the fall harvest. I am dedicating this column to my cousin Kim Barrett, who ...

While I love a good, ripe salad tomato, there is nothing better than having homegrown, homemade salsa or tomato sauce late in the winter. Tomatoes are high-acid foods, which makes them easy to can and ...

When we traveled to Naples, Italy last year (the birthplace of Neapolitan pizza) we made a special trip to Pastificio Gentile in Gragnano for the end of their tomato canning season. If we learned one ...

If you’re a tomato grower, you’re probably focused on that moment when the fruit is perfectly ripe — soft, juicy and, in many cases, red. You may not want to sacrifice any of those fleeting specimens ...

When I planted Mortgage Lifter, Mr. Stripey, German Red Strawberry, Early Girl and Roma seedlings in my backyard, I had dreams of filling baskets with sun-ripened tomatoes. I imagined jars of canned ...