Then End of Tomato Season
I know I’m actually a bit late in posting this but hey! I’ve been busy.
So tomato season is over. We fluctuate in temperatures and haven’t gotten down to freezing…yet but we did already take down one tomato plant.
So where are you with your kitchen garden? Here are some tips I came across when trying to decide what to do with the tomatoes.
1. If your tomato plants still have plenty of tomatoes still on them and you just aren’t ready to give up yet even if winter is knocking at your door you can uproot your plants and hang them upside down somewhere like your garage or basement. Apparently some have gotten tomatoes well into December with this method. I was going to try it but it just seemed a tad messy for me and remember I’m the squeemish gardener.
2. You can pick all your green tomatoes and make up all kinds of green tomato salsas and my mom’s favorite fried green tomatoes. This did not ring my chime so I passed on this.
3. You can pick your big green tomatoes, clean and dry them and either put the all in a box or wrap them individually in newspaper and put them in a box in the garage or basement. Check them every other day or so and when you see some starting to ripen place them on the window sill.
We did this. We had a TON of tomatoes and handed them out with still more than enough for ourselves. We washed about half of them (before becoming exhausted) and wrapped those in newspaper. The rest we just put in a box. Funny enough the ones in the newspaper are ripening the fastest. Our windowsill is very colorful.
I’m also a freezing a few whole. Following this tip.
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