In the essay entitled “Chestnut” in garden historian and ethnobotanist John Forti’s new book "The Heirloom Gardener ~ Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World" (Timber Press, June 22, 2021), ...

As a teenager I enjoyed helping my parents in the vegetable garden, but I would always dread when the abundance of our harvest moved inside and my mother began the long and arduous task of processing ...

Tonight, we catch up with The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti who has a new book out "The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World." John talks about gardening as a craft ...

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From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Background: As a child, Cindy Barlowe’s maternal grandmother trained her to be a garden helper and shared family stories, traditions and wisdom while they worked. Shortly before retiring from her high ...

No wonder Mary is contrary. Everything she's grown in her garden for the last 20 years is boring. Tomatoes, perfectly shaped and blemish-free, have skins like carapaces. Apples with bite and beans ...