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There's no doubt about it - if you want really, healthy, productive plants, you have to give them a good start in life. Warm season crops like peppers, tomatoes and eggplant need to be started indoors. By the time you plant them outside, they should look healthy and vigorous, with dark green,...

Interest in buying local is growing all around the country. For good reason! Local food is fresher, has a much lower carbon footprint, and supports our neighbor farmers. But few people think of where and how their seeds are grown. Ox and Robin farmer, Linda Enerson talks with Monte Belmonte...

My friends, Suzanne and Tom grew Ox and Robin's Musquee de Provence last summer, and just cooked it up a couple days ago. You don't think about eating pumpkins in February, but this variety will last into May. "Your pumpkin is filling up my entire oven," Tom told me on the phone. They roasted it...

PHOTO: An Italian Heirloom tomato so big (1.8 pounds) it covers most of a dinner plate. It's that time of year when all the many hours you’ve spent transplanting, staking, and weeding your tomato plants have finally paid off. Now you have containers full of tomatoes in the fridge, and baskets,...