An heirloom tomato-growing expert recently shared the history of heirloom tomatoes and offered advice for backyard gardeners interested in growing tomatoes at home.
As hosts of
KRCL “RadioACTive’s” “Punk Rock Farmer Friday,” “Resistance is fertile” is a phrase we picked up over the last five years exploring the agrihood that is, agriculture plus neighborhood of the Wasatch Front and Back. There have been politics to fight over and a pandemic to subdue, but for one hour a week, we’ve been able to talk about something everybody needs, food, and growing it in our own backyards. Depending on how you look at it, a garden is either an act of faith or a gamble that the rains come, the bugs don’t, the harvest is plentiful and the squirrels aren’t.