Juicy Tomatoes

This book brings together the stories of women embarking on the second half of their lives as they face new challenges and look forward to a host of new possibilities. Sexy, vibrant, and plugged in, these women of experience are juicy tomatoes: women who are strong, sexy, and smart, who celebrate their age instead of lying about it.

Tales from the Vine: Juicy Tomatoes Talk About Being Female, Over Fifty, and in Full Bloom Juicy Tomatoes introduces you to a group of women who will happily plead guilty to being female and over fifty. That's because they know that being a fifty-plus woman means having wisdom, passion, and savvy to spare, and that the second half of life can be just as fun and fulfilling as the first. They've seen through the myths that say an over-fifty woman can't have good sex or a new career and they've forged ahead despite societal pressure to quietly step down. These juicy tomatoes are redefining what itmeans to be a woman over fifty and blazing a trail that promises to change the culture and the lives of those green tomatoes who come after them.Juicy Tomatoes is a refreshing and revealing look at how women meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities that come with age. These stories from life beyond fifty are funny, poignant, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest.

Tales from the Vine: Juicy Tomatoes Talk About Being Female, Over Fifty, and in Full Bloom Juicy Tomatoes introduces you to a group of women who will happily plead guilty to being female and over fifty. That's because they know that being a fifty-plus woman means having wisdom, passion, and savvy to spare, and that the second half of life can be just as fun and fulfilling as the first. They've seen through the myths that say an over-fifty woman can't have good sex or a new career and they've forged ahead despite societal pressure to quietly step down. These juicy tomatoes are redefining what it means to be a woman over fifty and blazing a trail that promises to change the culture and the lives of those green tomatoes who come after them. Juicy Tomatoes is a refreshing and revealing look at how women meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities that come with age. These stories from life beyond fifty are funny, poignant, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest.

Written by a renowned expert in plant disease and nutrition, this popular guide has been featured on TV and reviewed in 15 publications on 3 continents. With sales to professional growers and home gardeners in 82 countries, How to Grow Juicy Tasty Tomatoes has been enthusiastically praised as the most comprehensive guide to growing tomatoes ever produced. This tomato-growing handbook is jam-packed full of useful advice, history and plant facts including:¿Comprehensive recommendations for soil preparation, staking, pruning and watering¿260 pictorial and descriptive aids for diagnosing and controlling nutritional, disease and pest issues¿Growing advice for traditional and organic methods in the garden, pots or a greenhouse¿Advice for harvesting, storage and seed saving¿A glossary of Tomato Terms¿Bonus Tomato Diary, Disease Ready Reckoner and Conversion Charts for measurements¿The Tomato Varieties Database - a CD containing photos, cultivation and usage notes, and seed sources for over 1300 varietiesThe book derives its user friendly, yet informational tone from the combined talents of authors Welsford and Grimmer. Grimmer is a renowned Plant Pathologist who provides plant nutrition and disease control advice to professional growers and horticulturists. She contributes the wide breadth of scientific knowledge and data. Welsford ensures that Grimmer¿s science based advice is easily digestible for the average home grower. A tomato grower may very well be buried in fruit after following advice in the book, and indeed many purchasers from around the world have sent emails testifying to this.

Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.

What everyone needs to know in order to grow the best tasting tomatoes at home.Tomatoes are wonderful additions to any home garden. They can be incorporated in a variety of dishes, and offer multiple health benefits. A garden with bright red tomato plants is a joy to behold. Armed with the right knowledge, you can have the tomato garden of your dreams. Of course, care and affection, from the time of planting until harvesting and through the plant's lifecycle, also plays a role in ensuring sustained and healthy produce.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about tomatoes Whether you have a penchant for Principe Borghese or yearn for a Yellow Butterfly, this is the true tomato lover's faithful companion. Delve into this little book, and you will find all the information you need on growing tomatoes. Discover the most reliable varieties, the highest yielding bushes, and those with the most intriguing shapes and colours. Find detailed advice on every aspect of growing tomatoes outdoors, under glass, and in the ground, in growbags, pots and even hanging baskets. Symptom charts will help you identify pests and diseases before they have a chance to destroy your tomato crop. And when you are ready to harvest, there are 35 recipes that let your lovingly nurtured tomatoes take centre stage, plus ideas for preserving them in ketchups, chutneys and relishes and notes on freezing and drying.