Fresh from the vine tomatoes

[olderthandirt]

Just a little brag of sorts.

Dinner tonight was delightful due to the fresh picked tomatoes. Just walked out to the shed and picked a huge bowl full

My grandfather gave me this hint years ago, another jewel of wisdom from he who be older than I. When the tomato plants start lookin' wimpy at the end of Summer pull them out, keep the roots intact, and hang them upside down in a cool darkish place.

I pulled mine a little over a 1 1/2 weeks ago and hung them up in the workshop out back. The plants are now parchment paper brittle dry. but the tomatoes continue to ripen. Nice way to bring in the winter months. And there's still a whole lot more out there!!

 

[LisaLisa]

That's awesome. I've never had a green thumb myself, I seem to kill most everything......lol. But I'd love to be able to grow nice produce too. Our soil here is mostly sand, so it's not so great for growing things. Nothing better then a vine ripe home grown tomato!

 

[ECS-Mike]

I can remember my gramps and I standing in grannies tomato patch with nothing but a knife and a salt shaker eating big fat tomatoes right off the vine

 

[olderthandirt]

I can remember my gramps and I standing in grannies tomato patch with nothing but a knife and a salt shaker eating big fat tomatoes right off the vine

Indeed. That's the kinda stuff that I class as living well!

 

[ECS-Mike]

Indeed. That's the kinda stuff that I class as living well!

absolutely. that was one of the best things about growing up on a beef farm. We raised our own beef, grew our own veggies, we knew were everything came from and how it was handled. I miss that in the city

 

[olderthandirt]

absolutely. that was one of the best things about growing up on a beef farm. We raised our own beef, grew our own veggies, we knew were everything came from and how it was handled. I miss that in the city

5 gallon buckets and sunlight you can keep the taste alive in the nastiest ol "big city"

 

[cyberwolfrob]

good to know thanks for the tip!

 

[ECS-Mike]

5 gallon buckets and sunlight you can keep the taste alive in the nastiest ol "big city"

Yeah, i have a couple decent pepper plant growing. I need more land though