Black Krim “The Black Beauty from the Black Sea”

Friday May 26, 2017

Heirloom Indeterminate 80 days to maturity 8 oz. Like most black tomatoes, Black Krim comes from the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the hot summers of that region produce the distinctive colors and high fruit sugar of these tomatoes. Black Krim produces a large beefsteak like tomato with dark maroon and purple coloring. In …

Mortgage Lifter – “The Legend of Radiator Charlie”

Friday May 5, 2017

Heirloom Indeterminate 85 days to maturity 14 oz. This fantastic heirloom tomato was developed in the early 1930s by an amateur gardener named Marshall Cletis Byles, better known as “Radiator Charlie.” Byles was an auto mechanic by trade and owned a small garage located at the foot of an imposing mountain in the town of Logan, West Virginia. The mountain …

Ask A Gardener – Fruit Trees

Saturday April 8, 2017

Fruit trees of many varieties can thrive here in the Denver area – apples, peaches, pears, cherries and apricots just to name a few. These trees not only produce delicious fruit but also burst into glorious bloom early in the spring. Best of all, most fruit trees are a snap to care for! Here’s our basic crash course in fruit …