A green-thumbed dad has broken the record for growing the United Kingdom's biggest tomato - with the help of a pair of sheer tights. Douglas Smith, 42, spent more than two months carefully growing the ...

The true measure of any home gardener is their first tomato. Not just any tomato, but one of those giant heirloom slicers, which they will display with smug self satisfaction over social media. The ...

Kathy Cyriacks could not tell what the hubbub was about at the Ely Northland Market last week. First she thought folks were weighing a big fish. Then she saw the giant tomato. “It’s huge,” said ...

A green-thumbed dad has broken the record for growing the United Kingdom’s biggest tomato – with the help of a pair of sheer tights. Douglas Smith, 42, spent more than two months carefully growing the ...

Jack may have had his beanstalk, but Francis Flynn of Ardmore is threatening to outdo the old boy with her tomato plant. Topping out at about 10.5 feet, it has surpassed her by more than half and is ...

Jack and the Beanstalk is just a fairy tale, but Jackson County resident Dean Purvis is growing a plant that fits quite nicely into the non-fiction category on the subject of giant plants. For more ...