I have decided to not renew this site in 2021. I think it will still exist in the WordPress universe somewhere, under a different domain, but I won’t be making new posts. It’s not that I no longer love tomatoes but I have a new exciting horticultural project this summer that is probably going to …
Author Archives: Robyn
Tomato Red Face: How to Waste Water
When I started this blog, I figured I was a better-than-average tomato grower. I’d picked up a lot of tricks over the years, I said. I also said that tomatoes are super resilient and hard to ruin – which is kind of true. You can do a lot of things wrong and still get some …
Tomato Red Face: What’s the Deal with Compost?
When I started this blog, I figured I was a better-than-average tomato grower. I’d picked up a lot of tricks over the years, I said. I also said that tomatoes are super resilient and hard to ruin – which is kind of true. You can do a lot of things wrong and still get some …
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Tomato Red Face: Ripening = Hormones, Not Energy
When I started this blog, I figured I was a better-than-average tomato grower. I’d picked up a lot of tricks over the years, I said. I also said that tomatoes are super resilient and hard to ruin – which is kind of true. You can do a lot of things wrong and still get some …
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Tomato Red Face: Photosynthesis Fail
When I started this blog, I figured I was a better-than-average tomato grower. I’d picked up a lot of tricks over the years, I said. I also said that tomatoes are super resilient and hard to ruin – which is kind of true. You can do a lot of things wrong and still get some …
Making Better Pasta
As I work on my “what I did wrong” posts in the background (I’m using them for my horticulture class term paper, so won’t post them until they’re graded to make sure I don’t post anything incorrect), fresh tomato season is more or less over. I still have some ripening on my counter so I …
SIMPLE Ways to Preserve Tomatoes
While I may not be the best tomato grower out there (though next summer – watch out, I’m coming for you), one thing I am definitely good at is cooking with tomatoes. Today I am going to talk about two EXTREMELY SIMPLE methods for preserving an excess harvest. These are legitimately simple methods – I …
Goodbye Summer
Tomorrow’s October, tonight’s a freeze… I took my garden out yesterday. The hardier herbs and carrots are still hanging on for a while but anything requiring a cover is out. It was a bit sad, but looked to be the last warm-ish day for a while, so I finally bit the bullet. One of my …
Second Wind
I’m guessing with the recent cold stretch in SK that most of you have pulled off your green tomatoes to let them ripen indoors. This would have been the most practical thing to do. However, because some of my tomatoes were so green that they likely would not have ripened off the vine, I couldn’t …
They’re Alive!
This morning was the moment of truth – did my multiple layers of covers protect my plants through our record breaking Labour Day freeze? I was mainly breathing sighs of relief as I pulled off the blankets and tarps. Everything was still alive! However upon closer inspection there was definitely some damage sustained, especially on …
