Friday, November 3, 2017

eventually red

When the first cold night threatened, my brother picked all the tomatoes, pulled up all the plants and put the garden to bed. The tomatoes were entirely and thoroughly green. I put them in a bowl on the counter and was too preoccupied to do anything but let them be.



I was positive they were too unripe to turn red - don't they have to at least seem inclined to be red in order to turn? I guess not. I don't like the idea of eating green tomatoes, though - so I just ignored them. And it's taken about three weeks for the last one to start turning, but turn they all have. So you don't have to put them in a bag, or wrap them in newspaper or whatever "they" advise. Just let them alone. As long as it takes.

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  1. very neat! garden tomatoes are so wonderful!

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  2. These tomatoes look wonderful! Fresh home-grown tomatoes in November - amazing!

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  3. Hooray! Yes, red is so much better than green. Matt and I tried all the put-them-in-a-paper-bag or whatever advice at the start, but--like you--found it rather unnecessary. Plus, out of sight often means out of mind for us so having them sit out while they're reddening up is better for us. They don't get forgotten about tucked away somewhere. We're still eating the last of ours as it snows. Sounds about right.

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    1. For a minute I thought you had snow now! But that isn't what you meant, is it? :D

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    2. :) Oh yeah! Totally. Inches and inches already! I've been having hard time comprehending that is is somehow November already...but the snow is driving the point home.

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  4. Oh my - I did not expect you to say that! I thought I'd misunderstood you at first. 8-) wow

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