Heirloom tomatoes are the prima donnas of the farm.  They are fussy.  They are high maintenance.  But we put up with them, because they are so vastly superior in taste.  We’ve had a lot of folks turning up at the farmers market who know…

Lately I have been investigating what variety of open-pollinated corn to grow.  At first I could only find a few varieties, but as I dug deeper names like “Howling Mob” and “Six Shooter” started to appear.  My likely favorite is still “Country Gentleman”, a corn…