There are few crops more satisfying to harvest than fresh homegrown tomatoes; it is one of the reasons why they are top of many people’s favorite crops to grow at home. So it is important to do ...

Tomatoes are one of the easiest plants to grow in your garden. There are several varieties, but whichever you choose to go with, you can generally count on a decent harvest if you give them proper ...

Dan in Sterling writes: “What’s the best way to rid my garden of tomato hornworms?” That’s a timely question, Dan, as this is the time of year to be watching out for these tomato eating fiends! You’d ...

Q. Yesterday afternoon I thought my tomato plants looked a little strange, then this morning I noticed that almost every leaf on some of the plants were gone. I saw a few big, fat, green worms with ...

For this gardener, the physical act of gardening, within moments relinquishes burden of daily life and its challenges: A hectic schedule, pursuing a career, managing a farm and juggling cumbersome ...

Plant tomatoes; expect tomato horn worms. That may be an exaggeration; there was one year that we planted tomatoes and I never saw a single tomato worm. But I think that was a freak occurrence.

When we were little kids, one of the small thrills of summertime was to pull the tomato hornworms off my mom's tomato plants, drop them in a coffee can and then listen to the strange clicking sounds ...

Tomato plants are a popular addition to vegetable gardens, but they can be a real challenge. From the moment tomato seeds sprout to the day you compost the plant at the end of the season, tomato ...

Don’t blame the tomato. Tiny pests called silverleaf whiteflies can make a tomato plant spread deceptive scents that leave its neighbors vulnerable to attach. Sap-sucking Bemisia tabaci, an invasive ...