Hothouse Tomatoes in the Backyard
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Have you seen the price of tomatoes at the grocery store recently? They are sky high! My friends in Florida warned me winter had been hard on field grown tomatoes and we would feel it in our wallets. I grew up in northern Ohio, near Cleveland where hothouse or greenhouse tomatoes were commonly grown. That is no longer true. Now I am considering the wide array of plastic greenhouses on the market so that I can have fresh sweet tomatoes all year round. The selection, sizes, and construction materials available to the hobby gardener are amazing. (more…)