fruit Purple Cherokee are my favorite tomatoes Jason Weisberger

gardening Gardener's "shocking" new trick keeps tomatoes safe from snails Mark Frauenfelder

oops "Lovely aurora" seen over town was something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

Science Scientists win award for discovering mammals can breath through our anuses Allan Rose Hill

websites How to grow crops Rob Beschizza

Cooking I finally grew enough strawberries to make ice cream Jason Weisberger

gardening Things I have done right, and wrong, in the garden this year Jason Weisberger

new orleans Visit the Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans this weekend! Jennifer Sandlin

bugs Aphids on my backyard tomatoes Jason Weisberger

umami Map of umami foods across the world Jennifer Sandlin

tomatoes Meet the man who grows world-renowned tomatoes Jennifer Sandlin

world records "Big Okra" named tallest okra plant Jennifer Sandlin

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useful stuff This seed starting kit is perfect for kitchen window herb growers Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets The Eve is an at-home hydroponics garden that can fit right in your living room Boing Boing's Shop

gardening There are more tomatoes in planter boxes and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy Jason Weisberger

plants By the pricking of my thumbs, Solanum lycopersicum this way comes Jason Weisberger

Green Meanwhile, the container garden continues towards its ultimate purpose Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Get your spring garden started with growers and other accessories, now on sale Boing Boing's Shop

books These two books are guiding my vegetable garden Jason Weisberger