The attraction to the tomato is irresistible. Hobbyists, professionals, and even the heartburn-laden can't resist this fruit disguised as a vegetable. The colors and tastes are fathomless--purples, yellows, stripes, acidic, mild, sugary, and even peppery are used to categorize tomatoes. The challenges in growing the perfect tomato are almost as numerous. Diseases, bugs, and gophers of ill repute flock to it like paparazzi in search of juicy weak spots. Perfection is never obtainable, but … [Read more...] about The Tomato: A Fruity Impersonator in the Vegetable Patch
Heirloom Tomatoes
The Delectable Results of Organic Crop Science Part 1
The best way to lure people away from the mid-week routine is free food. The best bait? A gratis organic vegetable production workshop (under the brand new NC State-led Mountain Organic Research and Extension Unit) with lunch being a rainbow selection of heirloom tomato sandwiches. The hosts of the event were NC State's Department of Horticultural Science, (led by Dr. Jeanine Davis and project coordinator, Emily Bernstein) in the idyllic setting of the Mountain Research Station in … [Read more...] about The Delectable Results of Organic Crop Science Part 1
