Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 11 Aug 2008 07:27:57a, Nancy Young told us...

>> I just remembered my mil would pick all the last tomatoes
>> before a frost and line them up on a shelf in the basement
>> and they would ripen over the next few weeks or whatever.
>> When it's chilly, I guess they take their time turning red.

> Before the first front my dad would pick all the green tomatoes, wrap
> them individual in newspapaper, and store them in boxes in the
> basement. He tried to arrange them so that top layers would be
> expected to ripen first. We usually had ripe tomatoes well into the
> winter.

Sounds good to me! I grow mostly romas, which I freeze as they
become ripe. I think I'm going to wind up with a lot of green ones.
Weird summer weather we're having, There are bunches of romas
sitting there not doing a thing. I'll do as you say and perhaps I'll
be able to use them up.

nancy