Home Grown In Illinois

08/25/2026

An amazingly productive variety will be returning to market via the website this fall.

Cupid’s Arrow is a creation by Blane Horton of Mississippi. It is an indeterminate, potato leaf plant with complex and amazing flavor! One plant here carried nearly 300 fruits with no assistance during a horrible weather year. It will need ample support in your gardens.

Its taste blew me out of the water following heavy rains. Cupid’s Arrow is sweet, acidic, tart, and smoky all in one bite.

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www.homegrowninillinois.com

I would like to thank Blane Horton for trusting me with his varieties and allowing me to reintroduce some of them to the community. They are far too delicious to not be grown by everyone!

08/01/2026

Please take a moment to read my most recent blog. Meet the breeder: Ongweh Ias

If you read our recent Breeder Spotlight featuring Russ Crowe, then you already know I have a soft spot for introducing the people behind the tomatoes. We spend years growing their creations, admiring photos of their new...

07/23/2026

Looking to share or trade garden goodies? 🌾🥚 Don't miss our Farmers' Market Swap located in the lobby of the exhibit building. Bring extras from your garden OR take a few items with you on your way out. We never know what will land on our table, but it always goes fast!

06/22/2026

Holy moly! All orders have shipped! Watch for another restock soon 👀❤️

06/07/2026

A new series, meet the Breeder…

Through gardening and tomatoes, I have found some wonderful friendships. Among those friends are hobby tomato breeders. They are often elusive creatures, disappearing into their gardens each summer to carefully transfer ...

06/06/2026

This day last month we posted a giveaway to share the love of a variety called, Prince Charming's Bastard, bred by Ongweh Ias. Today I used a wheel generator to select two winners of 5 seeds each.

Our winners selected are:
Raminta Juliano and Stephanie Sampson
Please send me a private message with an address to send your seeds to.

Thank you for participating and spreading the love of varieties that belong to breeders I want to support.

05/06/2026

*GIVEAWAY*

Opportunity to win 2 prizes. 5 seeds each of “Prince Charming’s Bastard” bred by Ongweh Ias.

Prince Charming’s Bastard is a rare and flavorful dwarf plant that you will find in our catalog this fall at www.homegrowninillinois.com , alongside many other fantastic new offerings.

You must follow our page, share and like this post in order to win.
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Open internationally.

🍀 GOOD LUCK 🍀

04/25/2026

Tons of goodies available today. Come out to the Amboy Community building. Taco Guzman is outside (the rice bowl is delicious! )

04/24/2026

Stop out tomorrow from 9-2 in Amboy! I will have candy, rare tomato seed varieties, along with a selection of tomato plants available.

280 W Wasson Rd
Amboy, IL 61310
United States

04/07/2026

Most of us belong to one online gardening group or another, all hoping to find those like-minded people who get it. The people who understand why a striped tomato with a strange name can make your whole week.