Well, I’ve never had homegrown tomatoes in November before! Well at least not red ones! They usually start to die back and get a bit mouldy as the weather starts to cool down and the days start to draw in, but not this year. Tomatoes in a Heatwave It’s been a most extraordinary weather year, with heatwaves so hot that it was still too hot at 7pm to sit out and eat dinner. Who’d have ever thought that would be the case in Britain! It meant that the main harvesting season was not as good as usual, it was just too hot. I suppose if heatwaves become the new norm,…

The best thing about growing your own tomatoes, is choice. There is such a wide variety of tomatoes to choose from when you grow your own. The sizes range from, tiny cherry tomatoes, pointed plum tomatoes, right the way up to large beefsteak varieties. And don’t be thinking that all tomatoes are red. They can be yellow, orange, different shades of red and even purple. Growing a variety of colours, looks great in a salad. How to choose your tomatoes The most important thing, when you are growing for yourself is flavour! This is obviously personal preference. So experiment, growing different varieties, but remember to keep records. You’ll soon build…