Though sometimes mistakenly believed to be types of tomatoes, tomatillos actually derive from an entirely different genus, though they are related to the better known fruits. So, if you know how to ...

Time-lapse of planting tomatillo from a seed to fruits. The seed was taken out from a store-bought toma verde tomatillo fruit ...

You don’t hear much about them, and they can be tough to find in your average grocery store, but tomatillos are a staple in Mexican and Southwestern cusine. Every wonder what makes salsa verde so ...

Despite it calling to me, I’m following my own advice and not yet working out in the yard. Instead, I’ve been cleaning out the plant room to make way for propagating my dahlias and several varieties ...

A staple in many Mexican dishes, the tomatillo is a delightful nightshade vegetable that you might have seen recently at some local farmers markets. They sort of look like very hard, green tomatoes ...

Long before the tomato achieved star status in the vegetable gardening world, its cousin in the nightshade family, the tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica), was a staple for the people of Mexico and ...

The tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica syn. P. ixocarpa), aka the husk tomato or Mexican tomato, is easy to grow in central Ohio. Along with tomatoes, potatoes and peppers, tomatillos are a member of ...

Tomatillos are a staple at my local produce store, but I have yet to try them in my own kitchen. That will change in the very near future, however, with an increasing number of recipes offering ways ...

Garden writer/saint Jeff Spurrier recently handed off some of his heirloom tomatoes with a reminder that I should save a few seeds of my favorites to plant next spring, naturally leading to the ...

Kansas University researchers have discovered 14 new compounds in a wild plant that are showing anti-cancer properties in preliminary tests. The wild tomatillo, whose formal scientific name is ...