YAYYY the current issue of Heirloom Gardener has two pieces by our very own NRaleighLiberal,

[niyad]

Craig LeHoullier. tomato adviser for the Seed Saver Exchange.

The article is on dwarf tomatoes, the other is a brief piece about a rare heirloom tomato.

Congratulations, Craig.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Outstanding!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Aw..thx. fun to have been asked to write them!

Just a lucky gardener with great family and friends!

[niyad]

3. and it is so much fun to read your articles, and your books.

I was looking for the pics from the pieces, but cannot find them. would you post them, please?

[MineralMan]

4. Cool beans! Or should I say tomatoes.

There are heirloom beans, too, however:

https://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/beans/

[niyad]

5. thanks for that great link. beans and tomatoes, yayyyyy.

[MineralMan]

6. Growing beans is fun, too.

[geardaddy]

7. Yep, there are all sorts of heirloom veggies

https://www.seedsavers.org/category/bean

[gademocrat7]

8. Bravo, NRaleighLiberal

Heirloom tomatoes are delicious.

[malaise]

9. How wonderful

[Silver Gaia]

10. Awesome!

[Botany]

11. Dear Craig

My tomatoes in Ohio aren't looking good right now.
What should do?

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. aw...a bit chilled are they?

patience my friend - time to enjoy other things!

(we don't eat tomatoes between our last home grown and next season's first, unless they are ones we canned or made into sauce!)

[bikeboy]

12. seed savers!

I've grown many tomatoes and beans from seed saver exchange over the years and they are a great organization. This year we grew several of their tomatoes, lima beans, snap peas, garlic and our favorite, Pop Corn! Bears Paw, great yield and beautiful plants.
It is so very cool to see a DU poster writing for my favorite seed company. I live in the East Bay, SF area and my garden grows year round which is one of the main reasons I can't leave the Bay Area. A big thank you to NRaleighLiberal for letting us know of your writing! My catalog just came in the mail and I'm making my layout plan now for the summer. I guess I'll be growing a DU tom this year with a smile!

[niyad]

13. thank you for sharing your garden successes with us. I am sooo jealous, the growing

season here is about two minutes long.

[bikeboy]

18. seed savers!

I have very fertile soil in the flat lands and for a city, we have a big back yard (we don't have grass) that lets us city farm. My youngest son is a high end Chef and I think it is due to him eating out of the yard, in season, his whole life growing up.
We as humans are losing our knowledge of growing and preserving our own food. I have a collection of old cook books because they have very useful preserving information along with, Jello salads!

[niyad]

22. I learned gardening, canning, smoking, the whole thing, when I was young, even though I am no

longer canning or preserving, just for myself (we are blessed with a wonderful farmers' market). I am so glad to see so many of our young people eager to learn, though. gives me hope!!

[lunasun]

26. Putting Food By book is great regarding preservation methods . Older editions better imo

[niyad]

15. do you have pics to share??

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. I joined Seed Savers in 1986 - changed my life - been their tomato adviser for decades!

[hibbing]

14. Congrats, that's great! n/t

[lillypaddle]

16. I'm impressed!

[Pepsidog]

17. Way to go!

[Cha]

21. Congratulations, Craig!

[radical noodle]

23. Congratulations!

[niyad]

24. . . .

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

25. Very impressive. Nice work.