George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> We had our first hard freeze here last night. I stripped all the ripe
>> and near-ripe tomatoes a couple of days ago. Haven't been out to the
>> garden yet today to see the carnage.
>>
>> I have a good recipe for green salsa, using tomatillos. Do you think
>> it would work to substitute green tomatoes for most/all of the
>> tomatillos?
>>
>> Bob
>
> Shouldn't make it taste bad. Do you have a cellar Bob? I've a gardening
> friend in a cold climate like yours who takes her tomato plants out of
> the ground and hangs them upside down in her cellar and then waits for
> the tomatoes to ripen. Never tried it myself as a cellar here would be
> an instant under-the-house swimming pool.


I thought about that, but it only has a 7' ceiling 8-) Besides, it's
too late because the plants have already frozen.

I covered one of the pepper plants I'd like to keep going. Not sure if
it survived or not, but if so I'll dig it up and pot it.

Bob