August is tomato heaven in the garden. This year's newcomers are Rose de Bearne, Black Cherry tomatoes, and St. Pierre tomatoes. They are much smaller than last year so I'm not sure what that man sold me at the plant market (maybe Marmande)! They are...

It is mid-July and my kitchen garden or potager begins to offer an abundance of sun-drenched vegetables: a wide variety of tomatoes, white and yellow zucchini, eggplant, piment des landes (a long sweet pepper) and Batavia lettuce which are somewhat sun-resistant....

Early July and the Kakao tomatoes and Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes sown from seed are growing beautifully. Marmande tomatoes are promising to be giant and productive. Mid-July and the Kakao tomatoes are ripening nicely as are the melons Match. They...