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[Tomato Dirt #370] Your Tomato Garden Year In Review
September 10, 2026

Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 16, Number 19

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

Welcome back to Tomato Dirt! A couple times a month, we’ll send you this newsletter packed with tips about growing tomatoes and using them.


NEW! Tomato Season Review Printable from Tomato Dirt


Remember your best tomatoes—and learn from the ones that didn't make the cut!

Tomato Dirt’s new Tomato Season Review Printable helps you capture what worked, what didn’t, and what you want to do differently next year.

Track your favorite varieties, biggest successes, pest and disease problems, harvest highlights, and more.

Next year’s best tomato garden starts with learning from this year.

Grab your printable and start your tomato season review today.


Check for tomato growing tips each day on our Facebook page


Each day, we post helpful tomato growing tips on our Facebook page.

You’re invited to like the page and get plenty of tomato growing tips. And please share the new page with other gardeners you know!

Hop on over to Facebook and click “Like” right now, while you’re thinking about it.


FEATURE: Your Tomato Garden Year In Review


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Your tomato plants are looking tired.

Vines are winding down.

Maybe you're still picking a few stragglers.

Or maybe you're staring at a mountain of green tomatoes, wondering whether they'll ever ripen.

Before you pull those plants and move on to next year's garden, take a little time to look back by conducting a garden year in review.

Because here's the thing about growing tomatoes:

Every season teaches you something... (Keep reading…)


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Tomato Growing Tip: 2 Lists To Make at the End of the Season


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Get more tips for growing tomatoes on our Tomato Growing Tips Pinterest board.


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More End-of-Season Tips

What To Do After Harvesting Tomatoes When To Remove Tomato Plants From Your garden What To Grow After Tomatoes: Succession Planting Should I Plant Second Season Tomatoes?

That’s it for now. More next time.

Until then, happy gardening!




Kathy with Tomato Dirt
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