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Common tomato leaf diseases

Common tomato leaf diseases

Tomatoes are one of our favorite plants to grow. We share many blog articles about growing tomatoes in a cold climate. Today we are looking into common tomato leaf diseases. In a cold climate, there is hardly a season where we do not have at least some of them.  Tomatoes prefer a warm, dry ...

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To prune or not to prune tomato plants is an option. Not all tomatoes need pruning, except for the bottom leafs and at the end of the growing season.

To Prune or Not to Prune Tomato Plants

To prune or not to prune tomato plants is an option tomato growers have. Not all tomatoes need pruning, in fact, some should not be pruned except for the bottom leaves and possibly at the end of the growing season. Some growers decide not to prune at all, and some go over the top with pruning. ...

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How to start tomatoes from seeds using a no fail method that involves less work. This method has worked for us for many years.

How to Start Tomatoes from Seeds

Growing tomatoes is just as much fun as it is rewarding. In this article, I'm sharing how to start tomatoes from seeds using a 'no-fail method' that involves less work, which has worked for me for many years. With this method, you can go from seed to harvest in less than 4 months.  Where ...

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Bull's Heart Heirloom Tomato Variety

Bull’s Heart Heirloom Tomato Variety

Bull's Heart or also called Ox Heart, Beef Heart or Coeur de Boeuf is our favorite heirloom tomato variety. We grow many heirloom tomatoes but this one stands out and deserves a separate post. Bulls's Heart was a tomato I grew up with. It must have been my father's favorite because I remember him ...

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It is always a very exciting day when tomato plants can go into the ground! Here a complete guide on how to transplant tomato plants into the ground.

Transplanting Tomato Plants into the Ground

It is always a very exciting day when my tomato plants can finally go into the ground! I start all the seeds indoors. We grow mainly heirloom tomato varieties. Here we share how we do the transplanting tomato plants into the ground.   When to plant tomatoes out Tomatoes are a warm-weather ...

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Growing Tomatoes Summer Update

Growing Tomatoes Summer Update

Growing tomatoes in cold climate and harvesting ripe tomatoes in the summer is something we write a lot about here at Northern Homestead. Today we are sharing a 'growing tomatoes summer update' in pictures. Starting from seeds, planting and harvesting ripe tomatoes in July. This (2019) is a good ...

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This Roasted Tomato Sauce recipe is simple and very delicious. Tomatoes roasted with onions and garlic, sprinkled with olive oil. No peeling is necessary.

Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce

Follow my blog with Bloglovin We have been enjoying the yummy taste of homemade oven roasted tomato sauce for a few years now. It all started when fellow blogger The Free Range Life posted the Roasted Tomato Sauce recipe that looked so yummy and sounded so easy. Since we had lots of homegrown ...

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Heirloom tomato varieties we grow in a northern garden in Alberta, Canada. Many have become our favorites in taste and production.

Heirloom Tomato Varieties We Grow In a Northern Garden

Heirloom tomato varieties we grow in a northern garden in Alberta, Canada. Many have become our favorites in taste and production. Growing tomatoes in a cool climate is a challenging and fun thing to do. We grow mainly heirloom tomatoes. Every year we try some new varieties and choose from those ...

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How to freeze tomatoes

The Easiest Way to Preserve Tomatoes

From the moment we plant the very first tomato seeds (when it is still snowing), we look forward to harvesting the ripe tomatoes, biting in, and savoring the taste ... Yummy! Sometimes there are more tomatoes than we can eat or have time to preserve. Not to worry! The easiest way ever to preserve ...

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Tomatoes ripen nicely after already being harvested. They also still taste better then the store bought ones. Learn all about how to ripen green tomatoes.

How To Ripen Green Tomatoes

Our growing season is very short. It might just be 100 days, plus our summers tend to be on the cooler side. At the end of the short summer, there are usually still many green tomatoes. Thankfully, tomatoes ripen nicely after already being harvested. Here is how to ripen green tomatoes ...

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