A fully illustrated, beginner-friendly guide to growing the popular and versatile ingredient, featuring simple recipes. If you want to grow your own vegetables but feel a bit overwhelmed by it all, you're not alone. The Tomato Grower's Handbook is a simple, informative, and tasty solution from award-winning garden writer Holly Farrell. Easy to grow and a common cooking ingredient, tomatoes are the most popular plant to grow at home-not to mention how much better homegrown tomatoes taste! This user-friendly guide outlines how to grow them, from easy cherry tomatoes to trickier heirloom varieties, covering different methods of growing according to your space-indoors or outdoors, pot or plot. The book includes ten easy recipes (tomato pasta!) and tips on storing and preserving your produce (tomato jam!). With this handbook, you'll reach your gardening goals (and some chef goals, too) while embracing and enjoying each step of the journey.