As John Denver sang, there are "only two things that money can't buy. That's true love and home-grown tomatoes." If you want home-grown tomatoes this year, now is the time to prepare, though wait a little longer, till after the danger of frost is past, to plant them. Learn more about planting tomatoes in the home garden in the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Yard & Garden news release from April 22, 2015.
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