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How to plant tomatoes

If your tomato bed is a disorderly mess of branches, clean it up with a pair of pantyhose! Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge two ways to tie growing plants to their stakes.

How to train tomatoes

You've waited all season for your tomato harvest, but how do you know the right time to pluck them from the vine? Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the different signs of a perfectly ripe tomato.

How to harvest tomatoes

Strawberries require very specific conditions to thrive. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the optimal way to plant strawberries for a healthy, bountiful harvest every season.

How to plant strawberries

There are various ways to support your growing pea plants. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge three different methods.

How to care for pea plants

Have you ever planted carrots and wound up with gnarled, deformed veggies? Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge how to properly plant carrots to assure a beautiful harvest every season.

How to plant carrots

Enjoy the delicious, fresh taste of homegrown tomatoes all year long! Join chef Allison Langford as she demonstrates how easy the cold-pack canning method can be.

How to can tomatoes

Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the proper way to plant summer squash. The methods shown apply equally well to winter squash, so you can have a bountiful harvest year round!

How to plant summer squash

If your squash plant is wilting no matter what you try, you might have a squash borer. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge how to protect a squash plant with an unexpected household item - pantyhose!

How to care for squash plants

Giving your carrot plants enough room will help them to grow sweet, crunchy, and uniform. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shares great techniques with Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge for thinning plants in your home garden.

How to care for carrot plants

Giving your carrot plants enough room will help them to grow sweet, crunchy, and uniform. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shares great techniques with Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge for thinning plants in your home garden. 

Onion plants require particular care. After they've been planted for a while, you have to unearth your bulbs to assure that they don't rot. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge how to perform this essential step.

How to care for onion plants

Everything you need to know about Plants from Plants vs. Zombies games.

What are Plants?

This southern-style tomato pie is perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner! Chef Billy Parisi shares his simple recipe.

How to make tomato pie

Don't let these purple or white beauties intimidate you - when you know how to do it, growing eggplant is simple. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the tricks and tips you need to get eggplant off to a good start.

How to plant eggplant

Don't let these purple or white beauties intimidate you  when you know how to do it, growing eggplant is simple. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shows Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the tricks and tips you need to get eggplant off to a good start.

Remember when a tomato tasted like - well - a tomato? Some of them still do, especially the ones known as heirloom tomatoes. Martha Drayton from Whole Foods Markets offers tips about finding the best heirloom tomatoes.

How to shop for heirloom tomatoes

You'll never settle for canned tomato soup again! This chunky, home-style soup is loaded with the flavors of rich roasted tomatoes, basil and parmesan cheese. Food Channel chef Cari Martens shares her delicious recipe.

How to make tomato parmesan soup

Sliced ripe tomatoes  the perfect accompaniment for burgers, sandwiches and salads. Marc Bauer, master chef at the renowned French Culinary Institute and its popular L'Ecole Restaurant, shows you how to cut a ripe tomato without crushing it.

How to slice a ripe tomato

Up Next

Pruning your tomato plants helps promote optimal plant health and maximum yield. Fine Gardening's Danielle Sherry shares with Fine Cooking's Sarah Breckenridge the benefits and best methods of pruning.

Jun 18, 2014

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