You Bet Your Tomatoes: How to Grow Great Tasting Tomatoes in Your Own Backyard, or Garden, or...

by Mike McGrath

From backyards to terraces, You Bet Your Tomatoes is a guide to growing heirloom tomatoes. From a radio host and master gardener, this deliciously funny little book is also a serious guide on how to start and nurture an heirloom tomato patch. Host of the weekly nationally syndicated radio show You Bet Your Garden and widely published columnist Mike McGrath has a base of fans who appreciate both his humor and knowledge. Previously editor of Organic Gardening magazine, he has also been a gardening commentator on the The Today Show .

Genres: Gardening

93 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

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The Short Take
Mike McGrath is:
Host of the nationally syndicated Public Radio show, You Bet Your Garden
Garden Editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington, DC
Contributing Editor and columnist for Greenprints magazine
Former Editor-in-Chief of ORGANIC GARDENING magazine
Author of books on Tomatoes, Compost and Kitchen Gardening

Reviews

[Bonnie Burton]

If you want to read a funny book on how to grow beautiful tomatoes, then You Bet Your Tomatoes is right up your alley. Mike McGrath (NPR host of the gardening radio program, "You Bet Your Tomatoes") not only shows you quick ways to keep your tomato plants happy and thriving, but he tells some funny stories and bizarre factoids along the way. In fact, I wonder why this book isn't also sold in the humor section at the bookstore?

[Sally]

He used to be the editor of Organic Gardening (magazine) and his column was the funniest thing I ever read!

****

Sadly, he's not as funny as I remember... His gardening advice is awesome, though. I especially needed to hear that tomatoes will thrive best when "caged AND staked," especially the heirloom varieties. Last year's tomatoes were a mess, despite cages....

[Mark Smiley]

This was a quick read, the book being only 100 pages long.
I got it as I am trying to better my tomato production this year.
The author knows his stuff and writes it in a humorous way.
The size of the book makes it easy to find pertinent information and to reference quickly.

[Manintheboat]

Tomatoes 101. Not actually funny, more like one of your uncles who thinks he's funny.
But a good basic tomato book.

[Llwells]

cute and informative.

[Ladyacct]

Funny and you learn something too;-)