Epic Tomatoes From Your Garden with Craig LeHoullier

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Craig LeHoullier showed us how to grow our best tomatoes ever. Craig LeHoullier, bestselling author and tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, shared everything a garden enthusiast needs to know about growing tomatoes — from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also talked about various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explain how best to avoid them. Epic Tomatoes: How to Select & Grow the Best Varieties of All Time Epic Tomatoes provides everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, from planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to various pests and tomato diseases, explaining how best to avoid them. With beautiful photographs and intriguing tomato profiles throughout, Epic Tomatoes celebrates one of the most versatile and delicious crops in your garden. Salsa anyone? About Craig LeHoullier Craig LeHoullier is the author of two best selling books on gardening, Epic Tomatoes, and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. His gardening obsession began in 1981 when he began tending his first garden with wife, Susan. He soon joined Seed Savers Exchange, becoming an advisor for tomatoes, and became responsible for naming and popularizing many well known tomato varieties. He is an amateur tomato breeder who continues to co-lead the Dwarf Tomato Project, a unique, world-wide, volunteer tomato breeding project that brings great tomatoes to those who choose or require container gardening. Craig is a popular lecturer across the country at major gardening events, as well as a frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows. His current and upcoming projects include a self-published garden cookbook, a weekly Instagram Live each Friday at 3 p.m.(EST) from his garden (when in season), and additional appearances on podcasts, webinars and lecturing events. A Rhode Island native, he currently lives and gardens in Hendersonville, North Carolina.