Podcasts about epic tomatoes

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Craig LeHoullier, The Tomato Man on his secrets for growing “Epic Tomatoes.”  Dirty Word of the Day is Amphigean. Teresa discusses “Can you have too many earth worms?” how long to keep black plastic on pots to sterilize them, using lake water for edibles and landscape, lawn issues, and more.  https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic and photo credit: Teresa Watkins, Craig LeHoullier Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #WDBO #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #tomatoes

In this full episode of the Beet podcast, Kevin has an in-depth conversation with renowned tomato grower and breeder, Craig LeHoullier. Their discussion ranges from growing epic tomatoes, to expert breeding techniques. Craig also imparts his experience working in the Dwaf Tomato Breeding Project. While you're growing your own tomatoes, take note of Craig's advice! Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3RVkvi6Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3xItJaJBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3XTWwnsEGEG Homesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/3VLlJh6Learn More:  How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Humans eat with their eyes, and with their memories of impactful flavors. Craig likes tomatoes with intensity, but he knows that everyone's tasting preferences are different. That's why he's taken lots of time to understand the intricacies of different tomatoes. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/461lQK7Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/45WiYOvBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3zx7YLuEGHomesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3VVSBE0Learn More: How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Believe it or not, Epic Tomatoes is a book written by Craig LeHoullier! Here he outlines all the basic tenets of great tomato-growing. Having a bountiful harvest of these fruits involves building in quality at every step, from seed-selection to ripening.Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3zGLp71Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4bObQ8xBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3xOR6iNEGHomesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/4bCEuJoLearn More: How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

When Craig started gardening tomatoes, he learned to maximize his space by growing them in containers, and straw bales. In this episode, he reveals his secrets for successful bale and container tomatoes, and turns to the old adage “what you put in, you get out.”Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3VLiXbGBotanical Interests Shop Homepage:  https://growepic.co/4eUKUXaBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/4f5VXx5EGHomesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/3xLRzCmLearn More: How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Craig's Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project has been going strong for the last 18 years. Fervor about this project spread largely through word of mouth. He and other gardeners involved in the project have developed some of the coolest dwarf cultivars out there in conjunction with the Open Source Seed Initiative. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3RSrAA7Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/45SCvzsBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3zsUzUSEGHomesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/3VWtUamLearn More: How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Craig LeHoullier has spent over 40 years gardening tomatoes. He loves the variety of tomatoes available to gardeners, and he loves to teach people about their flavors and nuances. Kevin and Craig talk about the Godfather's current tomato projects, and reflect on results they got in the most recent tomato season. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4cRfAGWBotanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4cRMfwmBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3WcvyGcEGHomesteading Book: https://growepic.co/45W8MpaLearn More: How to Grow Epic Tomatoes in Grow BagsConnect With Craig LeHoullier:Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening.InstagramWebsiteYouTubeLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Craig LeHoullier is known for many things in the tomato world. Some know him as the NC Tomatoman. Some know him as the fellow who named the very popular heirloom tomato Cherokee Purple.To others, he is the author of two books Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetablesin Straw Bales. Craig is the co-host of Tomatopalooza and a co-leader of the DwarfTomato Breeding Project.Around town in Henderson or Raleigh North, Carolina, you may know him as just the odd person with a garden where the driveway used to be. Craig proclaims to be a tomato nut with a website, a blog, a newsletter, and a huge collection of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.In reality Craig LeHoullier pursues with a passion heirloom tomatoes to help keep themrelevant. This is episode 162, Cultivating Your Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier. An encore and remixed presentation of episode 046 on The Garden Question Podcast.Cultivating Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullierThis episode of the Garden Question Podcast, hosted by Craig McManus, features Craig LeHoullier, an expert in heirloom tomatoes, to discuss the ins and outs of tomato cultivation, selecting varieties, and his contributions to tomato breeding, including the creation of Cherokee Purple, Cherokee Chocolate, and Cherokee Green varieties.LeHoullier shares his passion for tomatoes, strategies for selecting the right varieties for different uses, the importance of community in gardening, and advice on gardening techniques.Highlighting his experiences and lessons learned through decades of gardening, LeHoullier aims to inspire both new and experienced gardeners to explore the diversity and joy of growing tomatoes.Time Line00:00 Welcome to The Garden Question Podcast00:42 Meet Craig LaHoollier: The Tomato Virtuoso02:13 Diving Deep into Tomato Varieties and Selection04:55 Gardening Techniques and Challenges10:02 Learning from Last Year's Garden15:56 The Fascinating Story of Cherokee Purple21:47 Tomato Color Mutations and Surprises25:34 The Perishability and Seasonality of Produce26:21 The Science Behind Supermarket Tomatoes27:45 Embracing Seasonal Eating Habits28:37 Journey to Writing 'The Epic Tomatoes'32:27 The Dwarf Tomato Project: A Gardening Revolution38:39 Gardening Mistakes and Learning Opportunities41:07 Expanding the Garden Community43:30 Reflecting on Gardening Influences and Memories45:21 Engaging with the Gardening Community

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Craig LeHoullier, The Tomato Man on his secrets for growing “Epic Tomatoes.”  Dirty Word of the Day is Amphigean. Teresa discusses “Can you have too many earth worms?” how long to keep black plastic on pots to sterilize them, using lake water for edibles and landscape, lawn issues, and more.  https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic and photo credit: TeresaWatkins, Craig LeHoullier Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #WDBO #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #tomatoes

Humans eat with their eyes and with their memories of impactful flavors. Craig likes tomatoes with intensity, but he knows that everyone's tasting preferences are different. That's why he's taken lots of time to understand the intricacies of different tomatoes.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3sgsigv Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3P0miBk  EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3qEoJAn Learn More: 38 Types Of Tomatoes For Glorious Garden Success Connect With Craig LeHoullier: Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening. Instagram Website YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server

Believe it or not, Epic Tomatoes is a book written by Craig LeHoullier! Here he outlines all the basic tenets of great tomato-growing. Having a bountiful harvest of these fruits involves building in quality at every step, from seed-selection to ripening. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3OYV1zo Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3KKjNRc EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3YEVqtT Learn More: 38 Types Of Tomatoes For Glorious Garden Success Connect With Craig LeHoullier: Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening. Instagram Website YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server

When Craig started gardening tomatoes, he learned to maximize his space by growing them in containers, and straw bales. In this episode, he reveals his secrets for successful bale and container tomatoes, and turns to the old adage “what you put in, you get out.” Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3snsaM7 Book collection page: https://growepic.co/3OIiyDc EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/3quiYFs Learn More: 38 Types Of Tomatoes For Glorious Garden Success Connect With Craig LeHoullier: Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening. Instagram Website YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server

Craig's Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project has been going strong for the last 18 years. Fervor about this project spread largely through word of mouth. He and other gardeners involved in the project have developed some of the coolest dwarf cultivars out there in conjunction with the Open Source Seed Initiative. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3s8Sxp2 Book collection page: https://growepic.co/3qusUPh EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/44f57Ar Learn More: 38 Types Of Tomatoes For Glorious Garden Success  Connect With Craig LeHoullier: Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening. Instagram Website YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server

Craig LeHoullier has spent over 40 years gardening tomatoes. He loves the variety of available to gardeners, and he loves to teach people about their flavors and nuances. Kevin and Craig talk about the Godfather's current tomato projects, and reflect on results they got in the most recent tomato season.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/45fbyVq Book collection page: https://growepic.co/3P0tc9J EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/3KI24da Connect With Craig LeHoullier: Craig LeHoullier, PhD (chemistry), advisor for tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange, co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Strawbales (Storey publishing), approaching his 40th year of gardening. Instagram Website YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server

Around this time each summer I look forward to the onslaught of fresh tomatoes—while at the same time hoping against hope that what I call “tomato troubles” don't reveal themselves and get the upper hand. I've been hearing from lots of readers and listeners in recent weeks that the new normal of weather chaos nationwide isn't helping them get to the tomato finish line successfully...and that they're worried. So with all that in mind, I made my annual frantic call with some urgent tomato questions to today's guest, Craig LeHoullier of North Carolina, the NC Tomato Man as he's known on social media, author of the classic book “Epic Tomatoes.” Craig knows more about these cherished fruits than almost anyone I've ever met, and he even shares that in Live sessions each week on his Instagram account, where you can ask your questions and get solid answers. I asked Craig how he's doing, and what we should all be doing to bolster a bountiful harvest, and also about which fruits to save next year's seed from anyhow, and other tomato questions.

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles. You know, the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits and yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. Oops!   August is a perfect time to check in with the tomato man himself, Craig LeHoullier, author of the book “Epic Tomatoes,” and see what we can do even under such high-summer pressures to bring in that delicious harvest. 

I'm pleased to welcome back to “Digging in the Dirt… Gardener, author, educator, podcaster blogger and frequent collaborator with Joe Lamp'l of the Joe Gardener TV show… Craig LeHoullier. In addition Craig wrote one of the great books on tomatoes, It's called Epic Tomatoes. Beautiful to look at and a very good resource for all of us tomato geeks.

Tomato experts Craig LeHoullier ("Epic Tomatoes") and Keith Mueller ("KC Tomato") return yet again to impart their wisdom about America's favorite fruit in Tomatomania V. They talk growing strategies and favorite varieties...including some they have developed themselves.

Sick of winter? What I find helps, besides the occasional warmish, sunny day, is thinking about tomatoes. And that's what we're going to do today with Craig LeHoullier, author of the hit 2014 book “Epic Tomatoes,” who has over the years grown some 3,000 varieties in his home garden and adds new ones to his list every year Craig, who gardens in North Carolina, is a retired chemist with a longtime passion for tomatoes. He's the co-founder of the Dwarf Tomato Project, an advisor on tomatoes to Seed Savers Exchange, and the person who in 1990 named the popular heirloom Cherokee Purple from seed that had been passed down and eventually made its way to him. 

Craig LeHoullier is known for many things in the tomato world. Some know him as the NC Tomatoman. Some know him as the fellow who named the very popular heirloom tomato Cherokee Purple.To others, he is the author of two books Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. Craig is the co-host of Tomatopalooza and a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project.Around town in Henderson or Raleigh North, Carolina, you may know him as just the odd person with a garden where the driveway used to be. Craig proclaims to be a tomato nut with a website, a blog, a newsletter, and a huge collection of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. In reality Craig LeHoullier pursues with a passion heirloom tomatoes to help keep them relevant. Growing Epic Tomatoes Course You will learn and may ask any tomato question you can think of in a weekly live session with Craig LeHoullier and Joe Lamp'l. They'll be growing their own tomatoes right along with you. Celebrating your successes and discovering solutions to this season's challenges. The early significantly discounted course sign up period is now open for a very short time. Go to here check it out. That's Growing Epic Tomatoes in your garden. 

The Best Way to Grow TomatoesThere's more than one way to slice a tomato; there's more than one way to grow a tomato.Growing tomatoes is like many things in life…there are lots of ways you can tackle it. Do you have a favourite way? Or a tomato-growing tip handed down in your family?Different Strokes, Different FolksIn this episode, we take a deep-dive into growing tomatoes with two experts who have very different approaches to growing tomatoes.Garden expert, author, and broadcaster Joe Lamp'l loves growing tomatoes. He's met lots of gardeners using a wide range of tomato-growing techniques through his work as the host and producer of the Growing a Greener World television series, and through his podcast, The joe gardener Show. World-renowned tomato grower Craig LeHoullier co-leads the Dwarf Tomato Breeding project, has named and popularized many well-known tomato varieties such as ‘Cherokee Purple,' and is an expert on straw-bale gardening. He's the author of the book Epic Tomatoes.Tomato TalkLamp'l and LeHoullier talk about:The tomato-growing methods they use in their own gardensHow their gardens differTomato-growing ideas they've learned from each otherFavourite tomato varietiesTomato-growing techniques they've seen in other gardensThey also share tips for new gardeners. “Don't get hung up on the destination, but learn to love the journey,” says LeHoullier.Growing Epic TomatoesLamp'l and LeHoullier bring together their tomato-growing experience in an online course called Growing Epic Tomatoes. Registration is open now.

It's that time of year, that's right, tomatoes.  We will continue our series "What's wrong With" today talking about tomatoes.   Show Notes: (*links below contain affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, we will earn a commission at no extra cost to you.) Purdue Tomato App https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/tomato-growers-get-quick,-expert-help-from-doctor-app-.html Epic Tomatoes https://amzn.to/3z9CTZL BT https://amzn.to/3v71sDq   Organic REV The first thing to understand about REV is that it is not an ordinary humic acid product that is chemically-extracted from leonardite, lignite, or other coals. Rather, it is a 100% naturally-occurring carbon, humic acid & fulvic acid source - along with exceptionally high levels of naturally-occurring microbial biomass that can increase nitrogen efficiency by up to 25%. REV replaces depleted soil carbon & bacterial biomass - and absorbs nutrients to make them more readily available to plants via their root systems. Promo Code for 10% off JILL10 Good Ideas, Inc. They offer a variety of sustainable products to help busy gardeners create the garden of your dreams. Rain Barrels Composters Planters Self Watering Raised Beds Get 10% off your purchase by entering the code JILL10 at checkout. https://goodideasinc.com/ PROMO CODE: JILL10 for 10% off Vegetable Gardening for Beginners Book: https://amzn.to/3kZXFDu Connect with Jill: Sign up for Friday Emails: https://journeywithjill.net/gardensignup Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeginnersgarden/ Beginner's Garden Shortcut FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/beginnersgarden/ Link to Beginner's Garden Podcast past episodes: https://journeywithjill.net/podcast

We're back again with Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes and all-around tomato pro! He's grown over 3,500 varieties of tomatoes over the years, so I figured I'd ask him what his favorites were! Connect with Craig LeHoullier Craig's Website The Dwarf Tomato Project Buy Craig's Book Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group

Tomato expert Craig LeHoullier and I have been working all year toward this week’s launch of the newest joegardener Online Gardening Academy™ course, Growing Epic Tomatoes, and Craig now joins me on the podcast to share our excitement for what’s in store.

  Tomato lovers, this show is for you! Join our host as she interviews the “NC Tomatoman” about all things tomato!  Craig Lehoullier is the author of the books Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales, the co-host of Tomatopalooza and a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project. From grafting to trending colors, he shares valuable information about the world of heirlooms. In addition, he discusses the science behind some of the differences found in heirloom tomatoes and growing with straw bales.   Craig's Website ARBICO Organics For questions about our show please email media@arbico.com!

We made it guys, you guys have helped us make it to 10 episodes in and were are about to start some new things after this episode.... But in this episode I go over The book Growing vegetables in straw bales by the king of Tomatoes Craig LeHoullier the author of Epic Tomatoes. We dive into some of the topics of the book as well as some of my real life experiences with straw bales and with that buy you should already know, Grow sumthin.... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/GTalkgardenpodcast/support

This episode we talk with Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, about Heirloom Tomatoes and Straw Bale Gardening . The plant profile is on Cannas and I debate the merits of Foliage versus Flowers. Recorded on August 29, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

Craig LeHoullier is a tomato guru. He thinks the time of coronavirus, when people are home and wary of grocery shopping, is the perfect time to become a gardener. He does Instagram Live on Fridays from his North Carolina home —@NCTomatoMan — as he tends his garden and answers inquiries. A chemist by trade, LeHoullier treats the growing of vegetables like a science but also takes great delight and pleasure in the color and taste of his produce. He and a gardener in Australia, Patrina Nuske Small, have spent 15 years working with people from around the world to develop 123 varieties of dwarf tomatoes, which even city dwellers with just a pot of soil can raise. He’s also perfected the art of growing vegetables in bales of straw, and will soon have books on both of those initiatives. His first book, “Epic Tomatoes” — he called writing it an act of courage — is not just a practical guide to growing tomatoes but a personal life history of his favorite varieties. In this week’s podcast, at AltamontEnterprise.com/podcasts, LeHoullier urges people to follow his passion into gardening. “You’ll get healthy,” he says as you work to a soundtrack of birdsong and learn from your mistakes. (— Photo by Kip Dawkins) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is part one of a six part series in collaboration with Slow Food USA "Plant a Seed" Campaign. We will highlight the six varieties in seed in the 2020 campaign and seed kit. In this episode we speak with Slow Foods USA Communications Director, Giselle Kennedy Lord and heirloom tomato connoisseur and author of Epic Tomatoes, Craig LeHoullier. Full hour long uncut interview with Craig LeHoullier will be available as the next episode.

Guest: Craig LeHoullier Big Idea: Craig trained as a chemist so when he was laid off it made sense to keep using his scientific mind. And because this is not an episode of Breaking Bad, Craig turned to tomatoes. He has been actively involved in the Dwarf Tomato project for 15 years, is devoted to […]

In my recent episode with Ira Wallace she talks about the work Craig LeHoullier does for the (http://amzn.to/2Dyjkhm)   (http://amzn.to/2D0aK9P) I’ve got my second book is out it’s  seed savers catalogs (https://www.seedsavers.org/catalog) I am very lucky I have had a hand in reintroducing a couple of hundred different seed catalogs and availability. Kind of turning back the clock. over 3000 tomato varietiesI’ve been seed saver exchange  (https://www.seedsavers.org/) tomato advisor for over a decade now and it’s been so much fun! Listen to the whole interview here! Support this podcast

This week, I’m catching up with Epic Tomatoes author Craig LeHoullier. I'm proud to call him a good friend and happy that he's a frequent guest on this podcast. But a lot has changed in the Tomato Guy’s world during the past few months, and many of you have wondered what Craig has been up to since the last podcast episode nearly one year ago. We had much to catch up on and talk about, so today we're learning a lot about what's been going on in this epic tomato growers life, especially in the last few months, as well as some new lessons learned during his busy life on the road, and at home, for his final epic growing season in his own driveway garden.

I apologize in advance for the audio quality of this episode. I‌ was dealing with a dodgy microphone and some parts of my audio has static, but this is only here and there during the interview and its otherwise acceptable. I have it fixed, it won't continue into future episodes. In this episode I give an overview of the domesticated tomato, my feelings on the term "Heirloom", I have a talk with Patrina Nuske Small and Craig LeHoullier about Dwarf Tomatoes, and I review Craigs book Epic Tomatoes. Here are some tomato varieties mentioned in the Interview PortionWherokowhai pronounced fer-dow-co-fiUluru OchreKangaroo Paw RedSweet Scarlet DwarfDwarf Golden GypsyDwarf Firebird SweetDwarf Wild FredCraig LeHoullier and Patrina Small linksEpic TomatoesDwarf Tomato ProjectS2E4 THE DWARF TOMATO PROJECT -- FREE THE SEED! PODCASTTomato grower Petrina Nuske Small, from south-east NSW, talks about the new tomato variety she has bred.General Links Seed Savers ExchangeTomatovilleOpen Source Seed InitiativeFather of modern tomato breedingPFAF‌ Entry on TomatoesSeed Suppliers who carry Dwarf Tomatoes in the USVictory Seed CompanyHeritage Seed MarketTatianas Tomato BaseSample Seed ShopTomatofestFruition SeedsThanks for listening, you can contact the show at http://www.teajaysgarden.com/ or call the show at 661-368-5177Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TJsGarden)

  In this episode that first aired live on the radio show, we chat with Ben Caesar, who operates Fiddlehead Nursery in the Beaver Valley, near Collingwood, Ontario. His specialty is edible perennial plants and fruit bushes. Earlier this year, Ben hosted a workshop at the Guelph Organic Conference about edible perennials. In the second half of the show we chat with 15-year-old farmer Dawson Mehalko from Texas. Dawson is in his second year of commercial production, and is selling at market, to restaurants, and directly to customers. He shares his tips on both growing and the business of growing. In the Biggs-on-Figs segment, Steven chats with Sundae Horn who helps to organize the Ocracoke Fig Festival on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. This two-day festival takes place this year on August 16th and 17th, and celebrates figs through food, history, music, and all sorts of fig stuff. In Emma’s Tomato Talk segment, she speaks with Craig LeHoullier, the author of the book, Epic Tomatoes. Craig talks about his driveway garden in North Carolina, the dwarf tomato breeding project, and some favourite varieties. https://www.craiglehoullier.com/

Tomato experts Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, and tomato breeder KC Tomato (not his real name), join Mike and Peggy to talk about getting the tomato season started. Fred Braun, Director of Public Works for the Village of Niles, talks about how their snow and ice removal system just won an award from the American Public Works Association (APWA).

How is it that Dee and Carol can go from peonies to Wallis Simpson to tomatoes and then the Chelsea chop in one episode? Well, just listen and you'll find out!Flower: Peony, a wonderful long-lived perennial flower that both Dee and Carol and millions of other gardeners grow. Peony's Envy is one site that will give you a good overview of peonies. Another source is Song Sparrow Nursery.  And peonies are edible! At least the flower petals are. The petals taste lovely fresh in salads, or lightly cooked and sweetened. Carol learned this when she read Flower Chronicles by Buckner Hollingsworth, published in 1958.  Shout out to our friend, Ellen Zachos, the Backyard Forager.Vegetable: Tomato  - The Queens of the Garden.  There are whole books written on tomatoes, like Epic Tomatoes by Craig Lehoullier, that will blow your mind with all the varieties. A Proven Winners variety Dee and Carol are both trialing this year is Tempting Tomatoes™ Goodhearted™. Dee wrote in her book,  The 20-30 Something Garden Guide, about how to cage tomatoes and how to grow them. Carol wrote a chapter in her book, Homegrown and Handpicked, about tomato lessons from her dad. For more information on the tomatoes Dee is growing this year, check out her latest blog post, "Tomatoes I'm growing this summer"Dirt:  The Chelsea Chop. This is the time of year to cut back late blooming perennials like asters, mums, and goldenrod to encourage more blooms and keep the plants somewhat in check. “Chelsea” refers to the big Chelsea Flower Show in London which takes place in late May. Carol calls this cutting back the Indy 500 Chop because it takes place in late May too. This year at the Chelsea Flower Show, they named  Sedum takesimense ‘Atlantis', the 2019 plant of the year.  (Some links may be affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, if you purchase anything from any of those links, we may receive a tiny commission.)Email your questions to us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com!

Episode four of the second season of Free the Seed! the Open Source Seed Initiative podcast This podcast is for anyone interested in the plants we eat – farmers, gardeners and food curious folks who want to dig deeper into where their food comes from. It’s about how new crop varieties make it into your seed catalogues and onto your tables. In each episode, we hear the story of a variety that has been pledged as open-source from the plant breeder that developed it. In this episode, host Rachel Hultengren talks with Patrina Nuske Small and Craig LeHoullier about the Dwarf Tomato Project, a collaborative, all-volunteer tomato breeding project. We discuss how the project came about, the benefits and challenges of having an all-volunteer team, and the pleasant surprises of plant breeding. Patrina Nuske Small; 'Uluru Ochre' Craig LeHoullier; 'Dwarf Sweet Sue' (photo credit: Paul Fish) Episode links - To learn more about the Dwarf Tomato Project and find information about buying seeds of the dwarf tomato varieties that have come out of the project, check out the project's website: https://www.dwarftomatoproject.net/  - Craig LeHoullier's website: https://www.craiglehoullier.com/dwarf-tomato-breeding-project - Seed Savers’ Exchange: https://www.seedsavers.org/ - Tomatoville Gardening Forums: http://tomatoville.com/ Let us know what you think of the show! Free the Seed! Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/FreetheSeedsurvey Free the Seed!Transcript for S2E4: The Dwarf Tomato Project Rachel Hultengren: Welcome to episode four of the second season of Free the Seed!, the Open Source Seed Initiative podcast that tells the stories of new crop varieties and the plant breeders that develop them. I’m your host, Rachel Hultengren. In this episode, I talk with Craig LeHoullier and Patrina Nuske Small, the co-creators of the Dwarf Tomato Project, the “first all-volunteer world-wide tomato breeding project in documented gardening history”.  We discuss how the project came about, the benefits and challenges of having an all-volunteer team, and the pleasant surprises of plant breeding. Patrina Nuske Small began gardening in her 50's after graduating from Flinders University in South Australia, realizing that it was time to get away from research and spend more time outside in the fresh air. Patrina is currently based in New South Wales. Dr. Craig LeHoullier followed a 25 year career in pharmaceuticals with an ongoing writing career that includes Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. He maintained a parallel obsession with gardening, first with heirloom tomatoes, then with amateur breeding. Craig joined Seed Savers Exchange in 1986, and serves as an adviser to the Exchange for tomatoes. Craig is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rachel Hultengren: Patrina, Craig, welcome to the show! Patrina Nuske Small: Thanks, Rachel! Craig LeHoullier: Thank you very much, Rachel – it’s an absolute delight to be able to do this today. Rachel Hultengren: Craig, maybe you can start by briefly telling us about the Dwarf Tomato Project. What is the project, and what are its goals? Craig LeHoullier: The project is huge, fascinating, endlessly surprising. To put it all in a sentence, the goal of the Dwarf Tomato breeding project was to offer to the gardening community the largest possible selection of interesting, delicious tomato plants that can be grown by space-challenged gardeners, while at the same time provide a fascinating project for those wishing to become involved in to experience. And in that respect, I think we haven’t only checked all the boxes we set out to check, but we’ve checked boxes that we never thought we were going to check. Rachel Hultengren: Patrina, how did the project get started, and when did it get started? Patrina Nuske Small: In 2005, I was searching the internet for gardening information because I really needed to, like I say, get outside in the fresh air and get away from books.

I'm talking today to Craig LeHoullier, author of "Epic Tomatoes" about seed starting. We'll take you through the basics, both under lights and by a window, and both the "approved" ways that most people use and the unusual ways that Craig has adapted to growing thousands of tomatoes at his house".

Join host Daryl Pulis and her guest Craig LeHoullier, author of the gold medal award winning book Epic Tomatoes

The Tomato Man!Host: Micheal Kline "Reality Check"on Prepper Broadcasting aka American Preppers Radio!Fridays 9:00pm/Est 8:00pm/Ct 6:00pm/PtLive Listen and Chat go to: http://prepperbroadcasting.com/This week we have a real treat. This Friday I have Craig LeHoullier on as my guest. You may have heard of him as the North Carolina Tomatoman. Some know him as the fellow who named the Cherokee Purple in 1990. To others, he is the author of the books Epic Tomatoes or Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales, the co-host of Tomatopalooza, a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, or just the odd person with a garden where the driveway used to be. He is the tomato nut with a website, a blog, a newsletter (on occasion), and a huge tomato and pepper and eggplant collection. Craig has been gardening since 1981 and loves to share, teach, and coach people on how to garden. He strives to share the joy that he experiences while gardening with his readers. Though gardening can be a solitary hobby, Craig finds that energy comes from being with and in front of other gardeners (anywhere along the experience spectrum, newbie to avid). It becomes all about collective sharing, learning, and growth... MORE!Joins us in our Chat Room HERE! Tags: American Preppers Radio, Prepper Broadcasting, Reality Check, Preparedness

The Tomato Man! Host: Micheal Kline "Reality Check" on Prepper Broadcasting aka American Preppers Radio! Fridays 9:00pm/Est 8:00pm/Ct 6:00pm/Pt Live Listen and Chat go to: http://prepperbroadcasting.com/ This week we have a real treat. This Friday I have Craig LeHoullier on as my guest. You may have heard of him as the North Carolina Tomatoman. Some know him as the fellow who named the Cherokee Purple in 1990. To others, he is the author of the books Epic Tomatoes or Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales, the co-host of Tomatopalooza, a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, or just the odd person with a garden where the driveway used to be. He is the tomato nut with a website, a blog, a newsletter (on occasion), and a huge tomato and pepper and eggplant collection. Craig has been gardening since 1981 and loves to share, teach, and coach people on how to garden. He strives to share the joy that he experiences while gardening with his readers. Though gardening can be a solitary hobby, Craig finds that energy comes from being with and in front of other gardeners (anywhere along the experience spectrum, newbie to avid). It becomes all about collective sharing, learning, and growth... MORE! Joins us in our Chat Room HERE!  Tags: American Preppers Radio, Prepper Broadcasting, Reality Check, Preparedness

  We're back again with Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes and all-around tomato pro! He's grown over 3,500 varieties of tomatoes over the years, so I figured I'd ask him what his favorites were! Learn More:  Craig's Website The Dwarf Tomato Project Buy Craig's Book, Epic Tomatoe email Craig! Keep Growing, Kevin Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere: YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Twitter  

  In this episode that first aired live on the radio show, we talk about straw-bale gardening and tomatoes with NC Tomatoman, a.k.a. Craig LeHoullier. Craig is the author of the books Epic Tomatoes AND Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. He was co-host of Tomatopalooza, and is a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project.

"That is one of the most fun things that I try to do, reacquaint people with the joyous flavor of the tomato that they crave." — Craig LeHoullier Inspired by a letter from Alison Hagan, we talk with three tomato experts: Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes; Harry J. Klee, Ph.D. from the University of Florida; and Pat Brodowski, Head Gardener at Monticello. They speak about the best-tasting tomatoes, how to grow them, where to get seeds, why commercial varieties have lost their flavor, and how Jefferson is connected to all this. Find this episode, along with recommended reading, on the blog. Learn about Clay's upcoming cultural tours and humanities retreats by visiting Odyssey Tours. Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

I’m so excited to celebrate my TWENTIETH episode with some very special guests today. Craig LeHoullier is THE Tomato man (@nctomatoman to be exact). After a successful career as a chemist in Pharmaceuticals, Craig began a new career as being one of the leading experts on growing tomatoes and celebrating the many varieties that exist. He is an advisor for the Seed Savers Exchange and the World Tomato Society, the co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, and the author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. He is responsible for naming and popularizing many well known tomatoes, such as Cherokee Purple. He joins us today to discuss how we, as urban jungle dwellers, even in the smallest of apartments, can grow tomatoes from seed on our windowsills. After my chat with Craig, my Mom joins us to chat a little about what being Italian and growing tomatoes means to her. My Mom is the head farmer at “Failla Farm”, otherwise known as our family home’s front yard, which she transforms every summer. Like her parents, and their parents, she utilizes her space to grow as much of her own food as possible, and the whole family benefits from her produce. It feels very special to have my Mom join me on my twentieth episode, as when I started the show, not knowing whether it would take off, I would often say “worst comes to worst, me and my mom listen to a couple of great episodes”. So 20 shows later, I’m excited to finally share some of her expertise with you. In this episode we learn: - From Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes o Which varieties of tomatoes to choose for indoor apartment gardening o Where to buy seeds o How to start tomatoes from seed o How to germinate and transfer to pots o Best practices for growing tomatoes o His tips and tricks for your best tomatoes yet - From my Mom o What tomatoes mean to us in our Italian culture o How to choose the best pre grown plants at the big lot stores o Tips from an Italian on her experience growing tomatoes Follow Craig LeHoullier: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craiglehoullier Twitter: https://twitter.com/nctomatoman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nctomatoman/ https://www.craiglehoullier.com/ Buy Craig’s Books: Epic Tomatoes: https://amzn.to/2pHJSqI Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales: https://amzn.to/2DWh7L6 *Bloom and Grow Radio is an Amazon Affiliate and earns a portion of the sale of these links at no extra cost to you. This is a great way to support the show!* Follow Bloom and Grow Radio: IG: @bloomandgrowradio Facebook: www.facebook.com/bloomandgrowradio www.bloomandgrowradio.com

The knowledgeable, inspirational and educational tomato man, Craig LeHoullier is back today! If you missed last week, head back to Episode 22 to listen to the first part of Maggie & Dave's chat with him. Today they dig deeper into tomatoes by asking Craig some rapid fire questions on his best tips and tricks for productive tomato plants. They discuss staking, avoiding blossom end rot, soil drainage and seed starting. Craig also discusses his techniques for straw bale gardening, which he happens to have an entire book on. It might just be the best kept secret for growing high-yield vegetables. Tune in to Part 1 to hear how you can win the personalized GIVEAWAY!  

Author, educator and all around tomato fanatic, Craig LeHoullier (a.k.a NC Tomatoman) joins Maggie and Dave in an epic interview all about heirlooms, hybrids and how to get the best yield from your tomato plants. Craig is the real deal and grows over 3,000 different tomato varieties. Yes, 3,000! In this first episode of two parts, Craig shares his knowledge on what varieties would grow best in prairie conditions, how to avoid blossom end rot and all about his dwarf tomato project. His down-to-earth, relaxed manner will make you feel like you're chatting with Craig over a coffee in the garden. And of course, this week's GIVEAWAY has to do with tomatoes and includes an extra special, personalized surprise from Craig. To win this week's giveaway join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276990892799327/ To connect with Maggie: https://www.instagram.com/fromsoiltosoul/ To connect with Dave:  https://www.instagram.com/sagegardenherbs/ To connect with Gardens Manitoba: https://www.instagram.com/gardensmb/ To connect with Craig: https://www.instagram.com/nctomatoman/

I’m replaying my interview with Jill Host of Journey with Jill  (http://journeywithjill.net/)  because she mentioned the book Epic Tomatoes by Craig LeHouiller and he’s tomorrow’s episode so I thought it would be good to play her episode too! (http://journeywithjill.net/plantsomething/thebeginnersgardenpodcast/) Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Jill McSheehy (http://journeywithjill.net/plantsomething/thebeginnersgardenpodcast/) . I live in Arkansas. I currently am a stay at home mom of two children. My son Drew is 10 and my daughter Alissa is six.  After I graduated from college I was in the workforce. I was the manager of local Ford dealership. When my daughter was 2 years old I felt like I needed to be home. When I transitioned to be a stay at home mom, I started gardening primarily just to save money on the grocery bills because we were going from 2 incomes to 1. That was my primary reason for starting a garden. Money I’ve been wondering where I fit into this. My husband’s more of the gardener. Time is always a big factor for me. I’m more of the eater in the garden. Yesterday I went to to the grocery store and I couldn’t afford to buy any produce or fruit. Then I’ve been trying to buy more organic fruits like strawberries cause Mike’s always saying there’s a nice container of pesticides, so I didn’t buy the strawberries. So money is a huge issue! And kudos for you for staying home with your daughter.  So Arkansas is one of my favorite states, I’ve driven through all of the states except Louisiana and Alabama. I drove through Arkansas once and I can still remember  going around each curve.    (http://journeywithjill.net/plantsomething/thebeginnersgardenpodcast/) Tell me about your first gardening experience? My gardening experience is surprising to most people because I am now headlong into gardening. I did not start out that way. My mom gardened throughout my life and I didn’t want anything to do with it. She would me joke that she asked me to go pick a pepper and I would ask her what that was? I had no idea growing up! When I was 30-31  years old, a few years ago, when I decided I wanted to learn so I asked her and she could not help but roll her eyes and think how long is this gonna last? I did not have much experience at all! But I was determined! My husband wanted to grow a couple of things. So while I was working full time, he built 2 raised beds and we put some fruit and vegetables in those beds. I started to get the itch then but not in a major way because I was working 40 hours a week at the time. But I knew I was going to be a stay at home mom full time. I dove headlong into this venture. That was in the fall. I was gonna create a huge garden in one particular part of the yard. Back to Eden Garden Method (http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/organicgardening.html) At the time I was studying the Back to Eden garden method (http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/organicgardening.html)  that a friend of mine told me about. I didn’t know anything else. I was covering the yard with newspapers and woodchips that fall before I started my garden. That whole winter I spent researching, reading books and blog posts and everything I could get my hands on. I compare it to college when you have all of this head knowledge but you have no life experience. So when spring came I had all this head knowledge but I had no idea what pests or what diseases I might battle what my soil would be like rookie year it started out as an experiment.  The whole area where my garden was that I had put woodchips on etc was pretty much flooded! What happened was we had a very wet spring I had not paid attention to that area before. And realized this was not gonna work. In the middle of spring we up and created a whole new garden where it was a little elevated. Support this podcast

From his website: I AM CRAIG LEHOULLIER. Through the years, I’ve been known as NC Tomatoman. Some know me as the fellow who named Cherokee Purple in 1990. To others, I am the author of the books Epic Tomatoes or Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales, the co-host of Tomatopalooza, a co-leader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, or just the odd person with a garden where the driveway used to be. I am the tomato nut with a website, a blog, a newsletter (on occasion), and a huge tomato and pepper and eggplant collection. Really, all I am is Craig LeHoullier – someone that heirloom tomatoes chose to help participate in their continued relevance. (http://amzn.to/2Dyjkhm) Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time (http://amzn.to/2Dyjkhm)     Free Garden Course (https://mailchi.mp/5611bc3d7dfd/free-garden-course) This interview actually starts out in the pre-chat because I know my listeners like to hear some of these things we talk about. My amazing guest today Craig LeHoullier (http://www.craiglehoullier.com/) was just recommended a couple of days ago and has already agreed to come on and talk about his amazing book:  Craig Le Houllier (http://www.craiglehoullier.com/) I put out 2 episodes now I called RAW, where the content was key…. One of my next goals is to  put out a podcast and some webinars. What I’m supposed to do next will come to me and so I’m just having fun with it.   Well if you need anything, I joined Podcaster’s Paradise (https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/resources/podcasters-paradise/) , and I am always learning. (http://amzn.to/2r5itly) The Paul Colligan Book: How To Podcast: Four Simple Steps To Broadcast Your Message To The Entire Connected Planet … Even If You Don’t Know What Podcasting Really Is (http://amzn.to/2r5itly) My daughter bought me the Paul Collegan book up, she lives up here near Seattle, she’s helping me with the blog and Facebook. You can teach an old dog new tricks. I struggled with my husband for years, I got him a laptop, and a kindle, and a macbook, and finally I got him an iPhone 6, and it works. I finally found what works. I look at his feed compared to mine. When my book came out, my daughter told me careful with the political stuff because gardeners come from all different political views. I can’t help but let my feelings leak out a bit. IT seems like when I look, my listeners are pretty interested in the political things. Fortunately I work on the reservation, and so it’s a little more progressive then my I’m a bit inspired by my Facebook feed in light of the news these days. Democratic Underground (https://www.democraticunderground.com/) moderator… the courage being shown, this is the time for good people to take a stand. We’re at crossroads right now, things can go a couple of years, this is the first time in my 61 years, I’m really worried. Human beings we do have faults and there’s a lot of them showing. My husband and my step daughter were watching the news… We’re right at the stage at the beginning of the August 16th with the big thing down in  Virginia over the statue thing (https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2017/8/16) . Welcome to the OGP today! It’s August 16th, and my last day before I go back to school and training tomorrow!  So I’m excited to say  Craig LeHoullier (http://www.craiglehoullier.com/)   is here to share with us!  Tell us a little about yourself. Live in Raleigh NC, I’ve lived here 25 years. I’m a native New Englander. In Rhode Island is where my dad and grandfather instilled the love of gardening when I was really young. I didn’t do much gardening in Rhode Island, but then I met my wife in Grad school in NH. The first thing we did after our marriage is have our first garden. 1981 this is 2017 so that’s like 36 gardens? I’ve had a lot of gardens in my Support this podcast

  Today’s show is all about top tomato varieties - with one of the country’s  leading tomato experts - Craig LeHoullier the author of Epic Tomatoes. In his book, Epic Tomatoes, you get a chance to have Craig mentor you through the wide, wide world of tomatoes. You learn how to grow and harvest with… Author information Jennifer Ebeling Producer & Host at Still Growing... Gardening Podcast Jennifer Ebeling is a proud Minnesotan and U of MN alumni. Gooooooo Gophers! Each week, Jennifer produces and hosts Still Growing - a gardening podcast dedicated to helping you and your garden grow. The show is an in-depth interview format. Guests featured on the show share a passion for gardening and include authors, bloggers, professional gardeners, etc. Listeners and guests of the show can join the Still Growing community on Facebook. It's a place to ask questions, share garden stories, interact with great guests featured on the show, and continue to grow and learn. Jennifer and her husband Philip have four children, a big golden lab named Sonny, and live in lovely Maple Grove, Minnesota. P.S. When she's not teaching her four kids a new card game - or teaching them how to drive a car - Jennifer loves inspiring individuals and groups to maximize and personalize their home & garden. Facebook The post SG587: Top Tomato Picks by Epic Tomatoes Author Craig LeHoullier appeared first on 6ftmama. Related posts: SG536: How Creative Garden Author Dawn Pape Educates and Excites Both Kids and Adults SG571: The Top 40 Most Wanted Plants List SG538: Top 20 Tulips and Daffodils from Colorblends with Tim Schipper, Jen McGuinness, Julie Thompson Adolf, and Susan Vollenweider

Growing epic tomatoes likely makes it on to every vegetable gardeners wish list sooner or later. Fortunately, we now have someone who wrote the book on it, literally. Our featured guest for this episode, Craig LeHoullier wrote my new favorite book – a tomato growing guide: Epic Tomatoes; How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties […] The post 003-Growing Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier appeared first on joe gardener® | Organic Gardening Like a Pro.

Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, discusses his thirty years of studying the fruit (yes, it is), and reveals his favorite varieties.Kay McKeen previews the Focus on Energy,film festival, which Mike will be emceeing on April 23.

Daryl’s guest is Craig LeHoullier. His book, “Epic Tomatoes”, was awarded the Gold Medal for Book of the Year by the Garden Writer’s Association on Monday.

Join Daryl and her guest Craig LeHoullier, tomato expert and author of Epic Tomatoes”. Find out what he’s doing in the garden and learn how to cope with tomato problems.

Join Daryl and her guest Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes as we talk about some seed starting tips (and woes). Craig is also a fan and major grower of eggplants and peppers, and he offers us some really good tips.

In part two of my conversation with Craig Lehoullier, author or Epic Tomatoes, we focus on tomato variety selection. Craig explains how tomato colours are classified, recommends the best heirlooms for commercial gardeners to grow in each colour category, and explains why it's worth the extra effort to seek out specific varieties from trusted sources.  

I stumbled across Craig LeHoullier's book, Epic tomatoes, by accident one day when I was trolling the internet looking for episode ideas. I bought his book on a whim, and am I ever glad I did. Many years ago, Craig fell in love with growing tomatoes, and then, specifically, heirloom tomatoes, and he eventually put everything he learned about tomato history, and the art and science of growing beautiful tomatoes, down on paper. I roared through the book. And then, impressed with what I read, I asked Craig to come on the show to talk about his passion. And, it is a passion. Craig figures he has five thousand tomato varieties in his collection, and that he's personally grown out more than 2000 of them. This episode: part one of our conversation, which focuses on heirloom history, and practical considerations for starting tomatoes in the nursery and pruning them in the field. Part two, which includes a best-of varietal list for commercial growers, comes out next week.

Join Daryl Pulis and her guest Craig LeHoullier, author of “Epic Tomatoes” as they talk about preventing tomato diseases and how to save seeds.

Join Daryl Pulis and her guest Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time. Links to the information he shared are at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Americas-Home-Grown-Veggies/123495234074?

A replay: Meet the tomato man, Craig LeHoullier, author of the new book, Epic Tomatoes.

Join Daryl Pulis and her guest Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time. Links to the information he shared are at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Americas-Home-Grown-Veggies/123495234074?

Meet the tomato man, Craig LeHoullier, author of the new book, Epic Tomatoes.