A TOMATO CONFESSION

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I have a confession about my home grown tomatoes. They are home grown but are not vine ripened. I got maybe a total of ten tomatoes off my vines during the whole past summer but come cooler weather they started producing little green tomatoes. I wrapped those, along with the ones my brother in law gave me, individually in newspapers and have them setting in a window of the cool attic. Every few days I check to see which ones have ripened. I expect I will have a few for Christmas dinner.


























Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    Oh, the tomatoes look wonderful! What a treat! Enjoy your day.

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  2. MichaeleDecember 12, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    I guessed that - but i am still jealous.

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  3. Latane BartonDecember 13, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Yummmmm.... real ripe tomatoes for Christmas. Not like those old 'cardboard' tomatoes you buy in the stores in the wintertime. Yuck.

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  4. Far Side of FiftyDecember 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    It works great to ripen them wrapped in newspaper in a box..they look really yummy too!:)

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  5. Anita at Cedar Hill December 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    They look delicious and beautiful. I love homegrown.

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  6. GardenOfDaisiesDecember 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    How wonderful to still have homegrown tomatoes to eat!!

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