Economic Activism and Progressive Living

obxhead

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4. Store your tomatoes stem side down.

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 03:59 PM

Jul 2012

I heard this on NPR the other day and it seems to work.

Storing your tomatoes stem side down will get them to last 3 to 4 days longer. It helps to keep the air out of the tomato slowing the decomposition process.

Too early for picks, but my tomatoes and watermelons have loved the heat. Tomato plants are nearly 6 feet tall and I'll probably get 20 to 30 watermelons this year! Can't wait to have my first rum filled watermelon with friends on the boat this year.

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Plant a Garden [View all] saltwn Jul 2012 OP

This is so good. LaydeeBug Jul 2012 #1

Too early to show this year's crop, but last year's garden was a great success Siwsan Jul 2012 #2

Gardening is good, but raising chickens is easier than most people think. Blanks Jul 2012 #3

Store your tomatoes stem side down. obxhead Jul 2012 #4

My tomato crop is doing well, too Siwsan Jul 2012 #5

Last year saltwn Jul 2012 #6

+100 "the easiest most effective form of activism a consumer can participate in" jtuck004 Jul 2012 #7

Publications are helpful saltwn Jul 2012 #8

That's a good thing to keep updated. People try to use "grandma's" or other older recipes jtuck004 Jul 2012 #9

There is a documentary... Blanks Jul 2012 #10

Nice to know saltwn Jul 2012 #11

As bad as the chickens are in this country... Blanks Jul 2012 #12

absolutely. amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #13

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