From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles.

You know the yellow spotted foliage that falls off or the plant that produces all those

mischapen fruits.

And yes, the attack of the hornworms too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves

one day, or all of the above.

August is a perfect time to check in with the tomato man himself, Craig Lahulier, author

of the book Epic Tomatoes, and see what we can do even under such high summer pressures

to bring in that delicious harvest.

So more in a moment, but first these messages.

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Programming and underwriting support from Royal Botanic Gardens, publishers of cute pocketbooks,

small gift books illustrated from Cue's vast collection of Botanic Gardens, publishers of Q. Pocket Books, small gift books, illustrated from Q's vast collection of Botanic Alart. The most recent book, Fungai, about the strange

and singular world of mushrooms, toadstools, and their kin. In bookstores now.

Greg LaHoolier, Gardens and Rose Tomatoes in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the last couple

of years, after many years in Raleigh before that. He's a proponent of the StrawBale Gardening method, which he also wrote a book about. He's an avid canner of his fresh produce and teaches an online epic tomatoes course with his friend and mine.

Joe Lampel. I'm glad to welcome him back to the show just in time to save us all.

I Greg, how are you?

Hey Margaret, how do I save myself? That's the question.

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