tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post840051861133344005..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Storing Green Tomatoes Before a Hard Freeze So You Can Enjoy the Garden in the Wintertinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-49351863865349745572011-11-21T21:36:01.246-06:002011-11-21T21:36:01.246-06:00Tina, I am so impressed by all your hard work so y...Tina, I am so impressed by all your hard work so you can have the wonderful (and very TALL tomato plants!) that yield for you all summer and fall. And then to carefully pick the green ones and store them in paper bags, taking down the plants, so you can have ripe tomatoes for a few more months....I love you telling us about all this. How I would adore having so many plants it took me a couple A Colorful Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890388727784255219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-34867005787209478812011-11-20T21:05:06.284-06:002011-11-20T21:05:06.284-06:00Great tips. We did the same thing and it is so gre...Great tips. We did the same thing and it is so great to have garden tomatoes in December and January! Here in Middle Tennessee the weather has been so up and down. Thank goodness the freeze didn't hurt my herbs so I am going to harvest the rest of them this week.Alicia@ eco friendly homemakinghttp://ecofriendlyhomemaking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-33441711624437003582011-11-20T14:02:11.815-06:002011-11-20T14:02:11.815-06:00Wow! 8 feet of vines. I'm impressed. Two ye...Wow! 8 feet of vines. I'm impressed. Two years ago, my tomatoes were grown in pots. Last year, in garden bags (I didn't have a chance to get my beds prepared because of all the rain) and I did not get cages on them in time and so I had vines sprawled all over the ground *sigh*. Next year, I WILL CAGE as soon as they are planted!!! Lesson learned. lol!!! <br /><br />LynnMy Urban Gardenshttp://urban-gardens.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-38319953830225005152011-11-19T20:41:13.506-06:002011-11-19T20:41:13.506-06:00Today was our first snow, but about a month ago we...Today was our first snow, but about a month ago we brought in our green tomatoes. The cycle of life - tomato lifeGloria Bondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747664817254721613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-14581428961396854162011-11-19T09:10:11.873-06:002011-11-19T09:10:11.873-06:00what a wonderful harvest...I missed getting many f...what a wonderful harvest...I missed getting many fall tomatoes due to wilt....Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-56367803028611299052011-11-19T06:11:38.684-06:002011-11-19T06:11:38.684-06:00Ah. The frugal gardener. I love it. When our boys ...Ah. The frugal gardener. I love it. When our boys were growing up and we have maybe 50 tomato plants and doing a lot of canning & preserving, I did the save the green one in the fall. I remember wrapping them individually in newpaper and then storing in the basement. Oh for the good old days. On the other hand now in my retirement.... maybe not! :)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-72823738528284579662011-11-19T05:34:01.223-06:002011-11-19T05:34:01.223-06:00a big job but so worth doing.a big job but so worth doing.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-75831054735821897792011-11-18T11:36:55.692-06:002011-11-18T11:36:55.692-06:00Even if they're not as good as sun-ripened tom...Even if they're not as good as sun-ripened tomatoes, I bet they're much more tasty than those in the supermarket in January. I meant to try this with my green tomatoes, but the first frost over a month ago caught me by surprise. I finally pulled out all my tomato plants this morning and was surprised how strong those roots were--that is a tough job!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-52118297062087966752011-11-18T10:13:36.464-06:002011-11-18T10:13:36.464-06:00You are right, not quite as good but still much be...You are right, not quite as good but still much better than spending money for them in a store with God only knows what on them. I had them till the end of January last year but not as many this year. I have about a dozen<br />left. :(<br /><br />I do use the cardboard boxes just because it is easy to check them each day. I also try not to have more that 2, 3 at the most, layers so I do not Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-35608816347835195692011-11-18T10:09:03.616-06:002011-11-18T10:09:03.616-06:008 feet!!! Wow, that is fantastic. I knew they grew...8 feet!!! Wow, that is fantastic. I knew they grew tall when I was a kid but haven't heard about that since. Of course with your knowledge & abilities it was bound to happen. Something about that Tn soil also. Seems it will grow anything. Love it.Lolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-91786602091384628152011-11-18T08:30:38.308-06:002011-11-18T08:30:38.308-06:00Fresh tomaotes in Jan! Wow, they must be Yum-O.......Fresh tomaotes in Jan! Wow, they must be Yum-O.... <br /><br />Hope all is going well with all.....Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.com